ideographic

adjective

«ideographic» 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 author argues that alphabetic writing, as in Hebrew, is better than picture-writing. He reads Sefer Yetzirah as praising the alphabet.

Meaning

Describing writing in which a picture or sign stands for a whole idea rather than a sound. tree →

Examples

The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

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On Mova

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