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# midrash

noun

«midrash» 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: Midrash collections such as Tanchuma are made by the rabbis of the Talmud period. They fill gaps in the Torah's stories and draw out lessons and laws.

### Meaning

A Jewish way of explaining the Bible by looking closely at its words and telling stories about them; also a book of such explanations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midrash/#m1)

### Examples

- Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\] \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midrash/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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