elemental

adjective

«elemental» 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: The Sefer Yetzirah calls the letters its basic building blocks, since it says the world is made from them. The word "elemental" is how some translators describe the letters.

Meaning

Having to do with the basic parts of something, or the first simple building blocks. tree →

Examples

Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' [Genesis 1:2], allowing structure and order to exist in creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «elemental» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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