elemental

«elemental» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Having to do with the basic parts of something, or the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Having to do with the basic parts of something, or the first simple building blocks. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah calls the letters its basic building blocks, since it says the world is made from them. The word "elemental" is how some translators describe the letters.

examples

• Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) 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 →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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