labial

adjective

«labial» 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 sorts the twenty-two letters by where in the mouth they are made, and the labial ones come from the lips.

Interpretation. The tradition sees the letters as the building blocks of creation, so even the places of speech in the body carry meaning.

Having to do with the lips, said of sounds made with the lips. tree →

This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

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