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24 /jénisis/ [Ancient Greek γένεσις origin, creation, generation, the root of γίγνεσθαι to come into being, be born; the same Indo-European base as classical Latin gignere to beget: see genital adj. + -σις-sis suffix.] i. In Hebrew, the book is called Bĕrē’šīt, literally ‘in the beginning’, after its opening words. ii. The action of building up from simple or basic elements to more complex ones; opposed to analysis. Cf. synthesis n. a. †Math. The process of obtaining a given power of a number. —OED A generation after origin, the wild grass opened into body. I-blind, Bĕrē’šīt voiced flesh to beget eyeless compasses, mouthfuls of hummingbirds, the choir we became to oppose concord. Dawn enclosed our lips in solar light. We sang letters, what was animal vanishing into umbilical throes. ...

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