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# elemental

adjective

«elemental» 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

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah calls the letters its basic building blocks, since it says the world is made from them. The word "elemental" is how some translators describe the letters.

### Meaning

Having to do with the basic parts of something, or the first simple building blocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/elemental/#m1)

### Examples

- Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/elemental/#x1)
- In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' \[Genesis 1:2\], allowing structure and order to exist in creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/elemental/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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