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# esoteric

adjective

«esoteric» 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: Sefer Yetzirah is regarded as a secret mystical teaching, studied by mystics as a source of hidden lore.

### Meaning

Understood by only a few people who have special knowledge, and kept secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/esoteric/#m1)

### Examples

- It has been the subject of deep study, not only to the mystic, who regarded it as the source ot esoteric lore, but also to the philosopher and the Talmudist. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/esoteric/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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