primordial

adjective

«primordial» 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 names the first elements and the chaos (tohu) of Genesis 1:2 that came before ordered creation.

Interpretation. One reading says the ten sefirot hold back primordial chaos so that order can exist in the world.

Existing from the very beginning of time; first and original. tree →

Note the order in which the primordial elements • were produced. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' [Genesis 1:2], allowing structure and order to exist in creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
The Eighth Path is called Absolute or Perfect, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places Of GEDULAH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

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