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# tentative

adjective

«tentative» 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 the twenty-fifth path is the Tentative, or testing, Intelligence, which tries the righteous.

### Meaning

Not certain or final, and done carefully as a first try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tentative/#m1)

### Examples

- The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Proba- tion, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tentative/#x1)
- The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tentative/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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