primeval

Everyday

Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.) tree →

In the lessons

in stories about the first gods, the first world, or the very first days of nature

Examples

• Primeval forests grew here before anyone lived on the Earth. tree →
• The gods of old were called primeval. tree →
• Dinosaurs roamed the primeval world. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it describes the first elements, fire, water and air, which come from the three "mother" letters.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the three mother letters, Aleph, Mem and Shin, as the root of all the elements, and so of everything made.

Examples

• These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

Note

nothing for maths.