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equipoise

noun

«equipoise» 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: In Sefer Yetzirah it is the balancing member of a group of three, which the tradition reads as the tongue or air placed between opposites.

Meaning

A state of balance, where weights or forces are equal. tree →

Examples

  • To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, [40] (Tali) sphere and the heart. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
  • 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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