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# sibilant

adjective

«sibilant» 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 describes Shin, the letter of fire, as sibilant (hissing), against water, which is silent, with air mediating between them.

### Meaning

Making a hissing sound like "s" or "sh". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sibilant/#m1)

### Examples

- Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the Mediator and as it were a friend placed between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sibilant/#x1)
- Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sibilant/#x2)
- Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sibilant/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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