nonentity

«nonentity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Something that does not exist, or a thing of no importance — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Something that does not exist, or a thing of no importance. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah is read as teaching that God made the world out of nothing, so what exists came from what was not.

examples

• He created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into existence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillars from intangible air. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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