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formless

adjective

«formless» 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 God made the earth from the void and the formless, echoing the "unformed and void" in Genesis. It is read as the raw stuff before creation was given shape.

Meaning

Without a clear shape or form. tree →

Examples

  • He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) 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/formless/