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# stable

adjective (stable, more stable / stabler, most stable); noun (a stable, stables)

«stable» 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

1. Stable means steady and firm, not likely to move, wobble, fall or change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#m1)
2. A stable is a building where horses are kept and fed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#m2)
3. A person or a situation that is stable is calm and not changing much, like a patient in a stable condition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and technology, a stable structure has a wide base and does not tip over; pupils build stable towers. In stories, horses sleep in the stable, and the Christmas story mentions a stable. In news and health, «stable condition» means a sick person is not getting worse. Phrases: «stable base», «riding stables».

### Examples

- A wide base makes the tower more stable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x1)
- The ladder must be stable before you climb it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x2)
- The horses are in the stable for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x3)
- We went to the riding stables for a lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x4)
- The patient is now in a stable condition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x5)
- The weather will stay stable all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x6)
- Triangles make bridges strong and stable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x7)
- Black, fiery horses, neighed in the stables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stable/#x8)

### Note

As an adjective it means steady; as a noun, a horse building. Opposite adjective: «unstable». Verb: «stabilise» (UK) / «stabilize» (US). In science, a low centre of gravity and wide base make things more stable.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it is the name of the Twenty-third Path, the "Stable Intelligence," meaning firm and steady, not a building for horses.

**Interpretation.** In the Kabbalistic scheme of thirty-two paths, this one is said to keep all the numerations in steady balance. It shows that stability comes from keeping opposites balanced.

### Examples

- The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stable/#x1)
- The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stable/#x2)
- The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stable/#x3)

### Note

As an adjective it means steady; as a noun, a horse building. Opposite adjective: «unstable». Verb: «stabilise» (UK) / «stabilize» (US). In science, a low centre of gravity and wide base make things more stable.

## On Mova

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