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# zag

noun

«zag» 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 the zigzag lightning flash, the turns of the line are taken as a picture of how the Ten Sephiroth, the divine powers, flash down from one to the next.

### Meaning

One of the sharp turns in a zigzag line, where the line changes direction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Z/zag/#m1)

### Examples

- Many Kabalists have shown how the Ten Sephiruth are symbolized by the zig-zag lightning flash. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Z/zag/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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