Genesis 1:1

Direct Translation into English: INSUMMIT, ELOHIM, HE DID FATTEN THESKIES AND THELAND. . .

In summit (b'reshit) appears to be an idiom for the beginning of something. . .possibly a reference to an ancient belief in the region of ancient Canaan that the God, El, was thought to dwell in a mountaintop. . .
To fatten (bara) appears to idiomatically mean to make, or make more of, something. . .

In beginning, Elohim made the skies and the land.

Should not be translated as "the heavens and the earth" because 1) "the heavens" indicates a later conceptualization of the afterlife that is not present in Judaism until at least 1,200 years after the first lines of the Tanakh were written and "the earth" indicates a concept of the planet that was not formulated until modernity.

Genesis 1:1

Bereishit

הָאָרֶץ

וְאֵת

הַשָּׁמַיִם

אֵת

אֱלֹהִים

בָּרָא

בְּרֵאשִׁית

Genesis 1:1

the~ Land

and~ At

the~ Sky~ s2

At

“Elohiym [Powers]”

he~ did~ Fatten

in~ Summit

h***r*ts

v***t

h*sh*m*y*m

*t

**l*h*ym

b*r**

b*r*sh*yt

s2 = dual plural

ha-arets

et

Elohiym

bara

Bereishit

hā’āreṣ

wə’ēṯ

haššāmayim

’ēṯ

’ĕlōhîm

bārā’

bərē’šîṯ

Transliteration (sacred texts.com)

bərē’šîṯ bārā’ ’ĕlōhîm ’ēṯ haššāmayim wə’ēṯ hā’āreṣ:

b'reshit bara elohim ha shamayim wa ha arets:

Direct literal (AHLB)

In Summit Elohim (they) did fatten (he) the sky and the land

In beginning, Elohim made the skies and the land.

Young's Literal Translat.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth --

Amplified Bible

IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.

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