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1) The opening letter has a dagesh. What kind of a dagesh (dagesh lene or dagesh forte) is it? What does the dagesh do?
2) As noted in the main notes, this word is pointed as indefinite (in beginning). How would you repoint it to make it definite (in the beginning)?
3) Can you think of any other examples where such a form, though pointed as indefinite, is to be understood as definite? Keep on eye out for them and map them into your own landscape of the language.
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1) Dagesh lene. Hint: it opens the word. It serves to indicate that the beth is to be pronounced as a plosive (a hard b), not a spirant (soft v). If you need a revision, view Tim McNinch's excellent video at Blackboard Hebrew.
2) בָּרֵאשִׁית bare’shit, though this form does not appear in the MT. בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית occurs four more times in Jer (26:1-; 27:1; 28:1; 49:34) where it is used in construct with מַמְלְכ֛וּת → "the beginning of the reign" [of two of the kings under whom Jeremiah ministered]. This should also provide you with some fodder for Q3.
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