ethereal

«ethereal» in Mova's judaism dictionary: very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more ethereal)

meaning for a pupil

Ethereal means very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the sky or to a spirit rather than to the solid world. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means made of a fine, airy substance, like the elements before they became physical. Interpretation: The commentator reads the world as having a fine, spiritual form above the coarse one we see. In the primary lessons: in tales, ethereal beings such as fairies and spirits are light and not solid; their wings, blood or voices are fine, bright and seem to float

examples

• 26) Here is meant: ethereal air, ethereal water, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• The fairy had ethereal wings that shone like glass. tree →
• Her voice was soft and ethereal, like a song in the mist. tree →
• The spirits in the story looked ethereal and far away. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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