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# unpointed

adjective

«unpointed» 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

Ancient Hebrew was written with only consonants. Later scribes added vowel marks ("points"), so an unpointed word can be read in more than one way.

**Interpretation.** Hebrew scholars note that unpointed words can have several readings. The same letters can then give different meanings, which is why the commentators study them closely.

### Meaning

Written without the little dots and dashes that show vowels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpointed/#m1)

### Examples

- Letters and Sounds, The three Hebrew words here given are, in unpointed Hebrew, SPR, SPR and SIPUR. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpointed/#x1)
- God of Israel, Here the word God is ALHI, which in unpointed Hebrew might be God, or Gods, or My God. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpointed/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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