introductory
adjective
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: The commentator reads the opening paragraph of Sefer Yetzirah as a warning not to take its picture-language too literally.
Meaning
Coming at the start of something and explaining what is to follow. tree →
Examples
- The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «introductory» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «introductory» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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