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# alphabetic

adjective

«alphabetic» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

### Meaning

Having to do with the alphabet, or written using letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alphabetic/#m1)

### Examples

- The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alphabetic/#x1)
- The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alphabetic/#x2)
- Tiii) vowels and consonants were made in the form of a "state and arranged like an army in battle array." Isaac Taylor '\*i says: "Like soldiers on parade the characters in the alphabetic line have been dressed." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alphabetic/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alphabetic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alphabetic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alphabetic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/alphabetic.html) on Mova free.