alphabetic

In Jewish tradition

Meaning

Having to do with the alphabet, or written using letters. tree →

Examples

• The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Tiii) vowels and consonants were made in the form of a "state and arranged like an army in battle array." Isaac Taylor '*i says: "Like soldiers on parade the characters in the alphabetic line have been dressed." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.