zag

«zag» in Mova's judaism dictionary: One of the sharp turns in a zigzag line, where the line… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

One of the sharp turns in a zigzag line, where the line changes direction. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the zigzag lightning flash, the turns of the line are taken as a picture of how the Ten Sephiroth, the divine powers, flash down from one to the next.

examples

• Many Kabalists have shown how the Ten Sephiruth are symbolized by the zig-zag lightning flash. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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