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# imminence

noun

«imminence» 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's translator links wind with God's nearness. Tradition treats the divine breath or spirit (ruach) as the way God is present in the world.

### Meaning

The state of being about to happen, or of being very near. (The text uses it where "immanence", God's presence within the world, is meant.) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imminence/#m1)

### Examples

- Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imminence/#x1)
- Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imminence/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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