aphorism

«aphorism» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah is written in short, tight sayings, which readers take as hints to be pondered rather than fully explained.

examples

• "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aphorism» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.