sibilant

«sibilant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Making a hissing sound like "s" or "sh" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Making a hissing sound like "s" or "sh". tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah describes Shin, the letter of fire, as sibilant (hissing), against water, which is silent, with air mediating between them.

examples

• Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the Mediator and as it were a friend placed between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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