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# theophany

noun

«theophany» 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: Tradition reads the wind and storm as signs of God's presence, as at Sinai.

### Meaning

A visible appearance or showing of God to people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/theophany/#m1)

### Examples

- Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/theophany/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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