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VERSE: Gn01-01b


RULE: A phrase ending in "OF", like "FIRST OF" can acquire a new
meaning where it particularly applies, eg the "FIRST years
OF our marriage" (Cf Is43-18).  In Is43-18 the verse literally
says "our first of" but is translated "our first years of marriage"
The use of the half phrase "OUR FIRST OFS" vs
the whole phrase "OUR FIRST years OF marriage" is a
poetic evocative technique which provides emphasis


EXAMPLES
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    HEBREW  MEANING    NEW MEANING     RELATION TO "OF"   VERSE
    ====== ========    =============== ================== =========
(1) ACHRIT,"END OF"    means WAGES,    "END OF LABOR DAY" (Prv23-18)
(2) ROSH,  "HEAD OF"   means TOP,      "HEAD OF OBJECT"   (2S15-32)
(3) RISHON,"FIRST OF"  means APRIL     "FIRST OF MONTHS"  (Ez29-17)
(4) RISHON,"FIRST OF"  means BEGINNING "1st YEARS OF"     (Is43-18)
(5) MOOL,  "OPPOSITE"  means PLACE     "PLACE OPPOSITE OF"(1Sa17-30)
(6) RAYSHIT"FIRST OF"  means CHOICEST  "FIRST CHOICE OF"  (Gn01-01)*1


NOTES
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*1 Hence (Rashi) Gn01-01 would be translated "For the sake of
   the CHOICEST THINGS IN MAN" God created the spiritual (prophecy)
   and physical worlds. But the emotional world had until now been
   formless and void, an emotional darkness hovering over an
   abysmal consciousness; but the pre-prophetic spirit of God
   hovered over mans emotions. And God said 'Let there be the
   lights of prophecy' and it was so."

*1b For a full justification of the above translation we point out
    that the phrase WIND OF GOD or SPIRIT OF GOD **always** refers
    to prophecy. For this reason we must interpret the rest of Gn01
    as dealing with prophecy--thus "light" means the "lights of
    prophecy". In particular Gn01 is not asserting that the PHYSICAL
    world was created 6000 years ago; rather it is asserting that
    the creation of prophecy happened 6000 years ago. This is
    fully developed in my paper on Gn01 presented at the 3rd
    international conference on Torah and Science. The rest of Gn01
    is analyzed there (See posting Gn01-04a)

*1c An alternative interpretation of Gn01 is "In the beginning of
    God creating the heaven and earth, the earth was formless and
    void...and God said let there be light..." The technical
    application of a Hebrew verb conjugaged in 3rd person past to a
    phrase of the form "in the beginning of..." is justified by
    the following list (provided by a Professor Niccacci.)

VERSE      MEANING                          VERB CONJUGATION
========== ================================ ==== ===========
Ex06-28    On the day God spoke to Moses    DBR  Single-Past-Masc
1Sam25-15  the days we journeyed with them  HLC  Plural-Past
Jer6-15*2  at the time I judge them they'll PKD  Single-Past-Suffix
Psa81-6    I heard a language I didn't know YDA  Single-Past
Gn01-01    In the beginning of God creating BRA  Single-Past-Masc
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