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# kabbalistic

adjective

«kabbalistic» 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: Kabbalistic writers see the Hebrew letters as powers of creation, and some even describe them as like angels.

### Meaning

Having to do with Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kabbalistic/#m1)

### Examples

- A similar view is reflected in the midrashicic and Kabbalistic literature, where Torah or Wisdom acts as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation; see e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kabbalistic/#x1)
- f About the Hebrew Kabbalistic origin of onr numerals see A. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kabbalistic/#x2)
- In kabbalistic literature, not only tiie vowel letter y. but all the letters are considered images of angels. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kabbalistic/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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