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# intangible

adjective

«intangible» 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 says God carved the twenty-two letters out of intangible air and empty space. The tradition reads this as creation from nothing.

### Meaning

Not able to be touched; something you cannot hold, like air or an idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intangible/#m1)

### Examples

- He hewed, as it were, immense column or colossal pillars, out of the intangible air, and from the empty space. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intangible/#x1)
- He created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into existence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillars from intangible air. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intangible/#x2)
- "He formed existence out of void, something out of nothing, and He hewed large stones out of- intangible air, thus, twenty- two in number, one in sj)irit."' (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intangible/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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