equipoise

«equipoise» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A state of balance, where weights or forces are equal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A state of balance, where weights or forces are equal. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah it is the balancing member of a group of three, which the tradition reads as the tongue or air placed between opposites.

examples

• To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, [40] (Tali) sphere and the heart. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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