infinite

«infinite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (infinite); noun (the infinite — formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Infinite means without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured or counted. tree →

2) (informal) Infinite means extremely great: «infinite patience». tree →

3) (maths) An infinite set or line goes on for ever, like the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, …. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Sefer Yetzirah says the ten Sephiroth have no end, and Kalisch's note says all numbers flow from one unit, as everything flows from God. Interpretation: Tradition reads the endlessness of the Sephiroth as a sign that God's creation and wisdom cannot be measured. In the primary lessons: In maths lessons pupils learn there are infinitely many numbers: you can always add 1. A line goes on infinitely in both directions; a line segment does not. In science, people wonder whether space is infinite. In everyday life it is used to exaggerate: «infinite homework». Symbol: ∞ (infinity). Phrases: «infinite number», «infinite patience».

examples

• These ten Sephiroth which are ineffable, whose appearance is like scintillating flames, have no end but are infinite. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• How infinite numbers of words are formed out of the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. (Writings PSA.147.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Prophets NAM.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• There is an infinite number of counting numbers. tree →
• The teacher has infinite patience. tree →
• Is the universe infinite? tree →
• A line is infinite, but a line segment has two ends. tree →
• You can't count to infinity because numbers are infinite. tree →
• The sky looked infinite from the mountain top. tree →
• The choices in the game seemed infinite. tree →
• Still this band of young bards would have been of infinite interest to Fionn, not on account of what they had learned, but because of what they knew. tree →

note

Pronounced «IN-fin-it», not «in-FINE-ite» (even though «finite» is «FY-nite»). Opposite: finite. Noun: infinity; adverb: infinitely. Infinity is not a number you can reach; «infinity plus one» is still infinity. Some infinities are bigger than others, a surprising fact from maths.

In the corpora

• Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
• Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
• INFINITE COINS!!!» Leo's finger hovered.

Trees and pragmatics

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