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# spleen

noun

«spleen» 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 assigns each of the twelve simple letters to a sign, a month and a body part. Qoph and Nun go with the spleen, and tradition links the spleen to laughter and sleep.

### Meaning

An organ in the body near the stomach that helps clean the blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spleen/#m1)

### Examples

- He produced Quoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned, combined, and formed Pisces in the world, Adar in the year, and the spleen in man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spleen/#x1)
- He produced Qoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it Pisces in the Universe, Adar in the Year, and the spleen of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spleen/#x2)
- He made the letter Nun reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Scorpio in the World, and Marcheshwan in the Year, and the spleen in the Person. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spleen/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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