תְּחִלָּה

תְּחִלָּה noun feminine beginning, הַתְּחִלָּה Neh 11,17 (read הַתְּחִלָּה ᵐ5 ᵑ9 SS Öttli), בַּתְּחִלָּה 1 Mos 13,3 + 10 t.; construct תְּחִלַּת Hos 1,2; Ord 9,10; Praed 10,13, בִּתְחִלַּת 2 Kong 17,25 + 4 t., תְ֯חִלַּת. 2 Sam 21,9, מִתְּחִלַּת 2 Sam 21,10: — construct with nouns חָכְמָה ׳תּ Ord 9,10 the beginning, first principle of wisdom דִּבְרֵי ׳תּ Praed 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 2 Sam 21,10, elsewhere by בְּ in the beginning, of the harvest Rut 1,22; 2 Sam 21,9 (Qr), of the kingdom Ezr 4,6, of their dwelling there 2 Kong 17,25, of supplications Dan 9,23, of the shooting up of vegetation Amos 7,1, ׳כְּבַתְּ as in the beginning Es 1,26 ׳בַּתְּ at first, first in order Dom 1,1; Dom 20,18 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 17,9 at the first, first (or former) time, i.e. first in a series of occurrences, 1 Mos 13,3 (J), 1 Mos 41,21 (E), 1 Mos 43,18; 1 Mos 43,20 (J), Dan 8,1; Dan 9,21.