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temura(h Jewish Lit.|təmuːˈrɑː|
Also Themurah.
[Heb. tĕmūrāh exchange.]
In cabalistic phraseology, a systematic replacement of the letters of a word with other letters in order to find the hidden meaning of events, laws, etc., in the Torah.
1902A. E. Waite Doctrine & Lit. of Kabalah i. iv. 27 Very curious results were sometimes obtained by these solemn follies which appear so childish and ridiculous at the present day. They comprise: a. Gematria..b. Notaricon..c. Themurah, that is the transposition of letters in a given word or sentence. 1911‘Sepharial’ Kabala of Numbers I. iii. 31 The Temurah, in which the letters of a word were replaced by others after a definite method. 1974C. Poncé Kabbalah ii. 172 Turning now to Jeremiah xxv. 26,..we discover that Sheshak is none other than Babel. How did the writer of this Biblical passage arrive at Sheshak as another name for Babel? Through the method of temura. |