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# transposition

noun

«transposition» 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: The Sefer Yetzirah tradition shows that the same letters in a different order can give opposite meanings.

### Meaning

The act of switching the order or place of letters or things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transposition/#m1)

### Examples

- He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transposition/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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