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# linear

adjective

«linear» 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 author uses it to argue that Hebrew letters and numbers grew out of very ancient simple line signs.

### Meaning

Made of lines, or in the form of straight lines rather than pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/linear/#m1)

### Examples

- Evans and Professor Minders Petrie have shown that certain linear characters which (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/linear/#x1)
- Similar to these cliaracters are the linear letters, which iiave been found on the Egyptian pottery. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/linear/#x2)
- The linear characters in Egypt are earlier than the hieroglyphics, though a few of the forms may ultimately have been fused with the latter. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/linear/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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