---
title: רִאשָׁה — beginning-time · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִאשָׁה (7221), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: beginning-time. BDB 1906: n.f. beginning-time, early time. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7221.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)‎ / רִאשָׁה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# רִאשָׁה

<!-- .meta -->
«רִאשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beginning-time** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7221 · **BDB:** רִאשָׁה

### Glosses

than (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beginning-time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7221/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. beginning-time, early time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7221/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. beginning-time, early time;—pl. sf. רִאשֹׁתֵיכֶם Ez 36:11 (cf. ראֹשׁ 4 b).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִאשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7221/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Ezekiel 36:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.11/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָ֖ה וְרָב֣וּ וּפָר֑וּ וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֜ם כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ מֵרִאשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.multiply on you human\[s\] and animal\[s\] and they.will.increase and they.will.be.fruitful and I.will.cause.to.be.inhabited you like your.former state(s) and I.will.do.good more than your.beginnings and you.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* and I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [רֹאשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7220.md)
- next →: [רֹאשָׁה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7222.md)
- ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)