7.4 3. A few Hebrew nouns are derived from other nouns. The very first word in Genesis falls within this category. It is the word רֵאשִׁית, “beginning” (to which the preposition בְּ has been attached, resulting in בְּרֵאשִׁית), from the noun רֹאשׁ, “head.” Other examples include the following: בּוֹקֵר “herdsman,” from בָּקָר “herd” כֹּרֵם “vinedresser,” from כֶּ֣רֶם “vineyard” יִשְׂרְאֵלִי “Israelite,” from יִשְׂרָאֵל “Israel” מִצְרִי “Egyptian,” from מִצְרַ֣יִם “Egypt” 7.5 Hebrew