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# southwestern

adjective

«southwestern» 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: In Sefer Yetzirah it names one of the twelve diagonal borders of space, which tradition links to the twelve months and the twelve tribes.

### Meaning

In or toward the southwest, the direction halfway between south and west. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/southwestern/#m1)

### Examples

- Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/southwestern/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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