marvelous
part of speech
adjective (marvelous, more marvelous, most marvelous)
meaning for a pupil
Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good. (US spelling of marvellous) tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it describes the three "mother" letters as a great and wonderful mystery. It is the American spelling of marvellous. Interpretation: Tradition reads the word as hinting at something divine, beyond human power. The three mothers (Aleph, Mem, Shin) are taken as the root of Air, Water and Fire. In the primary lessons: a word for a magical or wonderful place or feast in a tale
examples
- These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. [Deuteronomy 28:59], [Psalm 118:23], [Psalm 139:6]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- What a wonderful, beautiful, marvelous country! tree →
- Who has ever heard of such a marvelous place? tree →
- He had never sat down to such a marvelous feast. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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