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# emendation

noun

«emendation» 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: Scholars of the Sefer Yetzirah often propose emendations where the old copies seem to have errors or unclear words.

### Meaning

A change made to a text to fix a mistake or make it clear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emendation/#m1)

### Examples

- The second word, שטותה, cannot be made sense of without emendation. שְׁטוּתָה shetutah would appear to be passed on a root שָׁטָה shatah which means ‘to mock, ridicule’, found in words like שְׁטוּת shetut ‘stupidity’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emendation/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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