formless
adjective
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
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