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milt

noun

«milt» 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

In Sefer Yetzirah it is the "milt" of the body, which is one of the twelve organs of a person.

Interpretation. The book links each organ to a letter, a month and a sign of the zodiac. The spleen is tied to laughter, to the letter Qoph, and to the month of Adar.

Meaning

The spleen, a small organ near the stomach; also the sperm of male fish. tree →

Examples

  • The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet [39] or esophagus, stomach and milt. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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