surface_form: היה

stem: qal

aspect: qatal

gender: m

number: sg

notes: Qal qatal 3ms. The form in Bereshit 1:2: 'the earth was formless'.


surface_form: ברא

notes: Bereshit 1:1: 'In the beginning God created' — bara is exclusively used for divine creation in the Hebrew Bible.


surface_form: דברים

state: absolute

number: pl

notes: Devarim (Deuteronomy): the book of words/matters.


surface_form: ראשית

gender: f

notes: Bereshit 1:1: 'bereshit bara Elohim' — in/at-the-beginning. The prepositional prefix b- attaches to this construct form.


surface_form: אור

notes: Bereshit 1:3: 'yehi or' — let there be light.