mysterious

Everyday

1. Mysterious means strange and hard to explain or understand. tree →
2. A mysterious person keeps secrets or does not tell much about themselves. tree →

In the lessons

In stories: mysterious noises, a mysterious stranger, a mysterious letter — they build suspense and make the reader want to find out more. In science: something mysterious may be explained later by experiments.

Examples

• A mysterious parcel arrived with no name on it. tree →
• We heard mysterious footsteps in the attic. tree →
• The mysterious stranger wore a long black cloak. tree →
• The cookies disappeared mysteriously. tree →
• Scientists study mysterious objects in space. tree →
• She smiled in a mysterious way and said nothing. tree →
• The old house looked dark and mysterious. tree →
• The whole affair is indeed mysterious. tree →

Note

Noun: mystery. Spelling: mysterIOUS (drop the y → i: mystery → mysterious). Synonyms: strange, puzzling, secretive.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it describes the thirty-two paths of wisdom by which God made the world.

Interpretation. The thirty-two ways are the ten sefirot and the twenty-two letters, hidden paths through which creation came about.

Examples

• other Biblical form of Holy mysterious animal, as given in I. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Noun: mystery. Spelling: mysterIOUS (drop the y → i: mystery → mysterious). Synonyms: strange, puzzling, secretive.