No. 181 in Hebrew
בתחילת
At the beginning of.
In a sentence
בתחילת הסרט, הופיע הקדמה קצרה.
At the beginning of the movie, a short introduction appeared.
Here, "בתחילת" denotes the starting point of the movie in time.
הוא נרדם בתחילת הפגישה, וכך פספס מידע חשוב.
He fell asleep at the beginning of the meeting, thus missing important information.
In this sentence, "בתחילת" expresses the time shortly after the meeting commenced.
בתחילת הספר, המחבר מתאר את ילדותו.
At the beginning of the book, the author describes his childhood.
The term "בתחילת" is used to indicate which part of the book is being discussed, specifically the introduction phase.
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