theophany

«theophany» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A visible appearance or showing of God to people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A visible appearance or showing of God to people. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition reads the wind and storm as signs of God's presence, as at Sinai.

examples

• Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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