בְּרֵאשִׁית – In the Beginning

בְּרֵאשִׁית

And God’s plan of salvation was in the beginning.
The Son of God destroyed by His own hand on a cross,
with thorns on His head, hung upon a tree as a gift of the covenant.

Pictographic & Symbolic Reading

Letters of בְּרֵאשִׁית (right to left):

• ב Bet = house, tent, in/with → Son (bar)
• ר Resh = head, chief, beginning → rosh = head
• א Aleph = strength, ox → Adonai / God / Yahweh
• שׁ Shin = consume, destroy, teeth → shayith = thorns
• י Yod = hand, work, deed
• ת Tav = mark, sign → cross, covenant

Derived Words & Meanings

• ראשׁ = rosh = head
• בראשׁ ≈ berosh = tree (cypress/fir)
• שׁית = shayith = thorns
• שׁי = shi = gift
• יד (from yod) = yad = hand

Biblical Fulfillment

“Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree” — Galatians 3:13
“They put a crown of thorns on His head” — Matthew 27:29
“Hung on a tree” — Acts 5:30
“The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” — Revelation 13:8

From the very first word of Scripture,
the Son (bar), God (aleph), the Head (rosh),
by His hand (yod), destroyed (shin) on the cross (tav),
wearing thorns, hung on a tree,
as God’s gift of the covenant — redemption planned in the beginning.