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# nonentity

noun

«nonentity» 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 is read as teaching that God made the world out of nothing, so what exists came from what was not.

### Meaning

Something that does not exist, or a thing of no importance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nonentity/#m1)

### Examples

- 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/N/nonentity/#x1)
- 1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nonentity/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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