intangible

adjective

«intangible» 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 carved the twenty-two letters out of intangible air and empty space. The tradition reads this as creation from nothing.

Meaning

Not able to be touched; something you cannot hold, like air or an idea. tree →

Examples

He hewed, as it were, immense column or colossal pillars, out of the intangible air, and from the empty space. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
He created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into existence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillars from intangible air. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
"He formed existence out of void, something out of nothing, and He hewed large stones out of- intangible air, thus, twenty- two in number, one in sj)irit."' (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

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