Sephiroth
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One of ten qualities in Jewish Kabbalah that show how God creates the world
- proper noun
- /sɛfɪrɔθ/
- Specialized
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Sefirot
- The teachings of Kabbalah often emphasize the importance of understanding the Sephiroth to grasp the nature of God.
Examples
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10 is also the number of the Sephiroth, which are the known attributes of God.
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Tree of Sephiroth and/or Circle of Willis.
Blog text (30) -
In Kabbalah, the Sephiroth are essential attributes that explain how the divine interacts with the universe.
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The organization of divine attributes is represented by the Sephiroth on the Tree of Life in Kabbalistic tradition.
Surface Forms
Sephiroth main
Etymology
Sephiroth comes from the Hebrew word sefirah, which can mean 'counting' or 'sphere', so it points to the ten 'spheres' or qualities through which the divine is shown in Kabbalah.