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单词 Kabbalah
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Definition of Kabbalah in English:

Kabbalah

(also Cabala, Cabbala, Kabbala, Qabalah)
nounˈkabələkəˈbɑːlə
  • The ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible, first transmitted orally and using esoteric methods (including ciphers). It reached the height of its influence in the later Middle Ages and remains significant in Hasidism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He then embarked on intensive study, first of the philosophy of Maimonides (too rational), then of the esoteric Kabbala, which was rather more to his taste.
    • His study correlates the Enneagram with the Jewish Kabbalah's Tree of Life.
    • The Cabala was a Jewish mysticism which was influential from the 12th century on.
    • Thus far she has used Catholic iconography and explored Buddhism, and is now studying Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition.
    • The titular reference is to what she learned from her grandfather, a rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah.
    • And her life has been enhanced through her study of 13th century Jewish mysticism called Kabbalah.
    • The whole of the Kabbala series is sparkling treasure!
    • It's very characteristic of Judaism and of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.
    • In the Cabala, the Quaternical system is the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God, commonly pronounced Yahweh or Jehovah.
    • The rabbi, in turn, offers lessons in Yiddish and Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism.
    Synonyms
    the supernatural, the paranormal, supernaturalism, magic, black magic, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, wizardry, the black arts, cabbalism, occultism, diabolism, devil worship, devilry, voodoo, hoodoo, white magic, witchery, witching, orenda, mysticism

Derivatives

  • Kabbalism

  • nounˈkabəlɪz(ə)mkəˈbɑːlɪz(ə)m
    • On a more esoteric note, Kabbalism, an ancient strand of Jewish occultism passed down from Abraham's generation by word of mouth, has now been celebritised.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've read about Kabbalism, but I do prefer the original Judaism though they are related.
      • Anne Conway's concept of substance probably owes much to Platonism and Kabbalism (which, in the version she encountered was heavily Platonised).
  • Kabbalist

  • nounkəˈbɑːlɪstˈkab(ə)lɪst
    • A follower of the ancient Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah.

      I wonder what the ancient Kabbalists would say about the modern world
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was during one of these efforts to get the Jews to convert to Christianity that the great Kabbalist and Torah-Talmud scholar known as Nachmanides came to prominence.
      • During the sixteenth century, the mystical Kabbalists of Tsfat developed the ritual of the Tu B'shvat seder, loosely modeled on the Passover seder.
      • We know, of course, that historically the Kabbalists were wedded to traditional Jewish practice, even as they added to it by way of innovation.
  • Kabbalistic

  • adjectiveˌkabəˈlɪstɪkˌkæbəˈlɪstɪk
    • Basic to Jewish Kabbalistic thought is the idea that everything in the physical world is a metaphor for a spiritual concept.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Kabbalistic philosophers explain that the soul achieves a degree of unity with God, the source of all knowledge, and therefore also partakes of His omniscience.
      • Perhaps its most compelling articulation can be found in the writings of ancient Jewish and Kabbalistic theurgical mystics.

Origin

From medieval Latin cabala, cabbala, from Rabbinical Hebrew qabbālāh 'tradition', from qibbēl 'receive, accept'.

  • cabal from late 16th century:

    Historically, cabal was a committee of five ministers under Charles II of England (1630–85), whose surnames began with C, A, B, A, and L (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley (Earl of Shaftesbury), and Lauderdale). However, the first recorded use of cabal (from French cabale) was in reference to the Cabbala, the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. Medieval Latin cabala is the source of several variants of Cabbala, including Kabbalah (the preferred modern spelling), Kabbala, Cabala, and Qabalah, based on a rabbinical Hebrew word for ‘tradition’.

 
 

Definition of Kabbalah in US English:

Kabbalah

(also Kabbala, Cabbala, Qabalah, Cabala)
noun
  • The ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible, first transmitted orally and using esoteric methods (including ciphers). It reached the height of its influence in the later Middle Ages and remains significant in Hasidism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Cabala was a Jewish mysticism which was influential from the 12th century on.
    • His study correlates the Enneagram with the Jewish Kabbalah's Tree of Life.
    • In the Cabala, the Quaternical system is the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God, commonly pronounced Yahweh or Jehovah.
    • Thus far she has used Catholic iconography and explored Buddhism, and is now studying Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition.
    • He then embarked on intensive study, first of the philosophy of Maimonides (too rational), then of the esoteric Kabbala, which was rather more to his taste.
    • The whole of the Kabbala series is sparkling treasure!
    • It's very characteristic of Judaism and of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.
    • And her life has been enhanced through her study of 13th century Jewish mysticism called Kabbalah.
    • The rabbi, in turn, offers lessons in Yiddish and Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism.
    • The titular reference is to what she learned from her grandfather, a rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah.
    Synonyms
    the supernatural, the paranormal, supernaturalism, magic, black magic, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, wizardry, the black arts, cabbalism, occultism, diabolism, devil worship, devilry, voodoo, hoodoo, white magic, witchery, witching, orenda, mysticism

Origin

From medieval Latin cabala, cabbala, from Rabbinical Hebrew qabbālāh ‘tradition’, from qibbēl ‘receive, accept’.

 
 
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