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# primeval

adjective

«primeval» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/primeval/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories about the first gods, the first world, or the very first days of nature

### Examples

- Primeval forests grew here before anyone lived on the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/primeval/#x1)
- The gods of old were called primeval. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/primeval/#x2)
- Dinosaurs roamed the primeval world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/primeval/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it describes the first elements, fire, water and air, which come from the three "mother" letters.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the three mother letters, Aleph, Mem and Shin, as the root of all the elements, and so of everything made.

### Examples

- These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/primeval/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

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