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# essence

noun (essences)

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

## Everyday

1. The most important part or real nature of a thing, which makes it what it is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#m1)
2. A strong, concentrated liquid made from a plant, used to flavour food, such as vanilla essence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#m2)

### In the lessons

in lessons, the essence of a tale is its main message, and in cooking an essence gives a strong flavour

### Examples

- The essence of the story is that kindness wins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#x1)
- Add a few drops of vanilla essence to the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#x2)
- Tell me the essence of the plot in one sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/essence/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means the inner being of God or of a letter or soul, the real nature behind the outer form.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the letters as the essences of creation, so that by them God formed the world and every soul.

### Examples

- Magnificence, which emanate from its own proper essence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/essence/#x1)
- On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/essence/#x2)
- He bound the essences of the twenty-two letters on his tongue, and God disclosed to him the secrets of them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/essence/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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