purity
part of speech
noun (no plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) Purity is the state of being clean and free from dirt or anything mixed in. tree →
2) Purity is goodness and innocence, being free from wrong. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The text asks the student to fix the "design in its purity", which the tradition reads as keeping the pattern of numbers and letters clear and unmixed. In the primary lessons: in science a gold coin or a spring of water is tested for purity; in tales a heroine's purity means her goodness and innocence
examples
- Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. (Writings PSA.2.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- The water from the spring had great purity. tree →
- The gold was tested for purity. tree →
- The girl's purity made everyone trust her. tree →
- Mum likes the purity of fresh milk. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «purity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.