vocalize

verb

«vocalize» 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 the Sefer Yetzirah the word means choosing which vowels to read with a word whose letters could be read in more than one way.

Interpretation. The text was first written with consonants only, so the vowels came later from tradition. Reading אמות as immot "Mothers" rather than ammot "cubits" or ummot "nations" shapes how the three mother letters are understood.

Meaning

To give a Hebrew word its vowel sounds, or to decide how it should be read aloud by adding vowels. tree →

Examples

There exist alternative traditions where this term in the SY is vocalized instead as אַמּוֹת ammot 'cubits' or אֻמּוֹת ummot 'nations'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
It must be noted that the term אמות is vocalized and translated here as אִמּוֹת immot 'Mothers', based on the parallel אָבוֹת avot 'fathers' of SY 3:2 and 6:1. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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