Lexical Definition

‎תְּחִלָּה‎ tᵉchillâh (tekh-il-law') beginning ^H:N-F
from ‎חָלַל‎ in the sense of opening

begin(-ning), first (time).

• a commencement
• rel. original (adverb, -ly)

1) beginning, first
1a) the first time
1b) from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)

See Greek: ἀρχή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּחִלָּה‎ noun feminine beginning, ‎הַתְּחִלָּה‎ Neh 11:17 (read ‎הַתְּחִלָּה‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ9 SS Öttli), ‎בַּתְּחִלָּה‎ Gen 13:3 + 10 t.; construct ‎תְּחִלַּת‎ Hos 1:2; Prov 9:10; Eccl 10:13, ‎בִּתְחִלַּת‎ 2Kgs 17:25 + 4 t., ‎תְ֯חִלַּת‎. 2Sam 21:9, ‎מִתְּחִלַּת‎ 2Sam 21:10: — construct with nouns ‎חָכְמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Prov 9:10 the beginning, first principle of wisdom ‎דִּבְרֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Eccl 10:13 the first word, followed by rel. clause ‎׳‎‎דִּבֶּר י‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ at the beginning of, Yahweh spake (= when Yahweh first spake) Hos 1:2 preceded by preposition ‎מִן‎ 2Sam 21:10, elsewhere by ‎בְּ‎ in the beginning, of the harvest Ruth 1:22; 2Sam 21:9 (Qr), of the kingdom Ezra 4:6, of their dwelling there 2Kgs 17:25, of supplications Dan 9:23, of the shooting up of vegetation Amos 7:1, ‎׳‎‎כְּבַתְּ‎ as in the beginning Isa 1:26 ‎׳‎‎בַּתְּ‎ at first, first in order Judg 1:1; Judg 20:18 (twice in verse); 2Sam 17:9 at the first, first (or former) time, i.e. first in a series of occurrences, Gen 13:3 (J), Gen 41:21 (E), Gen 43:18; Gen 43:20 (J), Dan 8:1; Dan 9:21.

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