splendour

Everyday

Splendour is great beauty, grandeur and a bright, grand show. tree →

In the lessons

in the tales, the grand, bright, glorious look of a palace, a rich place or a grand person

Examples

• What splendour and magnificence he saw there! tree →
• She appeared suddenly, in all her splendour. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it is the purpose of the priests' holy garments, which were made to give honor and dignity to the office. In the Prophets and Writings it describes the glory of God, His majesty and His works, and the beauty God gives to Jerusalem, which Ezekiel calls "My splendour." In Sefer Yetzirah it is the shining brightness of the divine lights.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the priestly garments as showing that the service of God deserves dignity and beauty. The later books show that all true splendour is seen as coming from God, who may place it on His people. Kabbalists linked splendour (Hod) to one of the divine powers through which God's influence flows.

Examples

• And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for splendour and for beauty. (Torah EXO.28.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for splendour and for beauty. (Torah EXO.28.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• It illuminates the splendour . of all the lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the . (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Out of the north cometh golden splendour, about God is terrible majesty. (Writings JOB.37.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, and Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse. (Writings PSA.145.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through My splendour which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.16.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths