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ineffable

adjective

«ineffable» 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

Sefer Yetzirah calls the ten Sephiroth "ineffable" because they are beyond full description.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the ten Sephiroth as the ten numbers or stages through which God's creation and power are shown, beyond what human speech can say.

Meaning

Too great to be put into words or spoken. tree →

Examples

  • The ineffable Sephiroth give forth the Ten numbers. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
  • The ineffable Sephiroth give forth the Ten num- bers. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
  • Ten are the numbers of the ineffable Sephiroth, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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