spleen

noun

«spleen» 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

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah assigns each of the twelve simple letters to a sign, a month and a body part. Qoph and Nun go with the spleen, and tradition links the spleen to laughter and sleep.

Meaning

An organ in the body near the stomach that helps clean the blood. tree →

Examples

He produced Quoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned, combined, and formed Pisces in the world, Adar in the year, and the spleen in man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
He produced Qoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it Pisces in the Universe, Adar in the Year, and the spleen of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
He made the letter Nun reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Scorpio in the World, and Marcheshwan in the Year, and the spleen in the Person. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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