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duplicity

noun

«duplicity» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says seven letters have a hard and a soft sound, and it links this doubleness to pairs such as peace and war, wisdom and folly.

Meaning

Being double, having two forms; (also) lying or deceit, but here it means having two sounds. tree →

Examples

  • The [33] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/duplicity/