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רֵישׁ רֵשָׁא   n.m.  head; top; chief


  head  Com.

  top  Com. fig.: best, choice, finest quality  Com. lit. top, thing on top  Com.

  beginning, origin, source  OfAEg, OfAWest, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBAg, Man. (of a river) source  Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA.

  tip, extremity  Gal, Syr, JBA, LJLA.

  chief, head of a group  Com-OA-OfA-BA.

  major element, main point  Com. בריש‏ adv./prep. see s.v. bryš  OfAEg, JLAtg. בריש גלי‏ : openly : see s.v. gly adj.  JLAtg.

  poison [Heb. ראש‏, רוש‏]  JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 510a; DJBA: 1078b; Jastrow: 1477; Levy Ch-W: 2:422; Tal Sam: 833; DNWSI: 1042; DJA: 80a; Cook,Qumran: 216;

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Derivatives:

brˀšyt (brā/ēšīṯ) n.m.   The Beginning
bryš (bərēš) prep.   at/on the head of
mryš, mryšˀ adv.   at first, formerly
ryš yrḥ (rēš yraḥ) n.m.   new moon
*ryšy, ryšytˀ (rēšīt, rēšīṯā) n.f.   beginning
ryšn, ryšnˀ (rēšān, rēšānā) adj.   chief
ršn vb.   D to make the first

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