--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 16 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Northwards means towards the north.[↗](../../northwards/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The geese flew northwards in spring.[↗](../../northwards/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The river flows northwards to the sea.[↗](../../northwards/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove northwards towards Scotland.[↗](../../northwards/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm is moving northwards.[↗](../../northwards/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A compass needle points northwards.[↗](../../northwards/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The road goes northwards through the forest.[↗](../../northwards/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The beggar scrambled to his feet, and without a pause walked quickly down the road that led northwards.[↗](../../northwards/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **northwest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The direction halfway between north and west.[↗](../../northwest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The part of a country or area that lies in that direction, as in "the Northwest of England".[↗](../../northwest/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (as adjective) In, from or facing the northwest: a northwest wind blows from the northwest.[↗](../../northwest/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wind is blowing from the northwest.[↗](../../northwest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Manchester is in the northwest of England.[↗](../../northwest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk northwest until you reach the river.[↗](../../northwest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On the map, the castle is northwest of the village.[↗](../../northwest/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Explorers searched for the Northwest Passage for hundreds of years.[↗](../../northwest/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · NW on a compass stands for northwest.[↗](../../northwest/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Seattle is in the Pacific Northwest.[↗](../../northwest/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These symbolize also twelve directions in space: northeast, southeast, the east above, the east below, the northwest, southwest, the west above, the west below, the upper south, the lower south, the upper north, the lower north.[↗](../../northwest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../northwest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **northwestern** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In or from the northwest.[↗](../../northwestern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border.[↗](../../northwestern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../northwestern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **norwegian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) From or to do with Norway, a country in northern Europe.[↗](../../norwegian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person from Norway.[↗](../../norwegian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The language spoken in Norway.[↗](../../norwegian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Norwegian fjords are long, deep sea inlets.[↗](../../norwegian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My pen pal is Norwegian.[↗](../../norwegian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Norwegians love skiing.[↗](../../norwegian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is learning to speak Norwegian.[↗](../../norwegian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Norwegian flag has a blue cross.[↗](../../norwegian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about a Norwegian explorer who reached the South Pole.[↗](../../norwegian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Norwegian forest cat has very thick fur.[↗](../../norwegian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old goblin is a true-hearted, honest, old Norwegian graybeard; cheerful and straightforward.[↗](../../norwegian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The part of your face that sticks out above your mouth, used for smelling and breathing.[↗](../../nose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sense of smell: «a dog has a good nose».[↗](../../nose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The front part of a plane, car or boat.[↗](../../nose/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb: to look around in a nosy way, or to move forward slowly.[↗](../../nose/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To turn up your nose at something means to refuse it or look down on it as not good enough.[↗](../../nose/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Blow your nose into a tissue.[↗](../../nose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a runny nose.[↗](../../nose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs use their noses to find things.[↗](../../nose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We smell with our nose.[↗](../../nose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't put beads up your nose.[↗](../../nose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinch the soft part of your nose for a nosebleed.[↗](../../nose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The nose of the plane is pointed.[↗](../../nose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer was right under my nose.[↗](../../nose/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Brer Coon tu'n up his nose.[↗](../../nose/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.[↗](../../nose/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nose/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought nose-rings, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and girdles, all jewels of gold; even every man that brought an offering of gold unto the LORD.[↗](../../nose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.35.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Seven Gates in the person: two eyes, two ears, two punctures of the nose, and the mouth.[↗](../../nose/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../nose/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; (Writings PSA.115.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nose/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?[↗](../../nose/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nose/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?[↗](../../nose/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nose/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **nosebleed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Blood coming out of your nose, often because a tiny blood vessel inside it breaks.[↗](../../nosebleed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a nosebleed in class, so I went to the nurse.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lean forward, not back, when you have a nosebleed.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinch the soft part of your nose to stop a nosebleed.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dry winter air can give you nosebleeds.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball hit his face and gave him a nosebleed.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She held a tissue under her nose until the nosebleed stopped.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Picking your nose can cause a nosebleed.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if a nosebleed won't stop.[↗](../../nosebleed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nosegay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small bunch of flowers, held or worn in the hand.[↗](../../nosegay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She carried a nosegay of violets.[↗](../../nosegay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride held a nosegay.[↗](../../nosegay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He picked a nosegay for his mother.[↗](../../nosegay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **nosiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being too interested in other people's private business; being nosy.[↗](../../nosiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her nosiness got her into trouble when she read her sister's diary.[↗](../../nosiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Excuse my nosiness, but where did you get that coat?[↗](../../nosiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The neighbour's nosiness was annoying.[↗](../../nosiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nosiness helped the detective solve the case.[↗](../../nosiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Stop your nosiness and mind your own business!"[↗](../../nosiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's nosiness led it into the cupboard.[↗](../../nosiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nosiness about other people's passwords is never okay.[↗](../../nosiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nostril** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One of the two openings at the end of your nose that air goes in and out through.[↗](../../nostril/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Air goes in through your nostrils.[↗](../../nostril/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hairs in your nostrils catch dust.[↗](../../nostril/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse flared its nostrils.[↗](../../nostril/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never put beads up your nostril.[↗](../../nostril/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A whale's blowhole is its nostril.[↗](../../nostril/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathe in slowly through your nostrils.[↗](../../nostril/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My left nostril is blocked because of my cold.[↗](../../nostril/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And now her nostrils are twitching.[↗](../../nostril/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.[↗](../../nostril/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nostril/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.[↗](../../nostril/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nostril/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.[↗](../../nostril/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nostril/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.[↗](../../nostril/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nostril/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, (Writings JOB.27.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nostril/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted\![↗](../../nostril/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nostril/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **nosy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nosy means too interested in other people's private business.[↗](../../nosy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A nosy person asks too many personal questions or snoops.[↗](../../nosy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our nosy neighbour watches everyone from her window.[↗](../../nosy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be nosy; that's her private letter.[↗](../../nosy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister is so nosy\![↗](../../nosy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nosy cat poked its head into my bag.[↗](../../nosy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He asked lots of nosy questions.[↗](../../nosy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop being a nosy parker.[↗](../../nosy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **not** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not makes a sentence say no, or the opposite.[↗](../../not/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* It is not cold.[↗](../../not/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not can go before a word to say «no» to just that word: not quite, not me, not yet.[↗](../../not/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Not … any» means none at all.[↗](../../not/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Not only … but also» adds a second, bigger point.[↗](../../not/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Not!» said after a sentence (joking, US) takes it back: «I love homework — not!»; «not bad» often means quite good; «not even» means it is not at all true.[↗](../../not/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (rough) «Not a chance», «not on your life», «not bloody likely» (UK) are blunt refusals.[↗](../../not/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) The exam voice says «by no means», «in no case», «under no circumstances», «it is not the case that», «fails to», «other than».[↗](../../not/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Not quite: 2.[↗](../../not/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Here the word «more» does not mean adding …[↗](../../not/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom did not eat any of the 6 cakes.[↗](../../not/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I am not sleepy.[↗](../../not/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's not fair\![↗](../../not/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not run near the pool.[↗](../../not/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Can I have a cookie?»[↗](../../not/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") «Not now.»[↗](../../not/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus has not come yet.[↗](../../not/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · That is not my bag.[↗](../../not/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · «Will you share?»[↗](../../not/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") «Not a chance.»[↗](../../not/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · «How was the test?»[↗](../../not/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") «Not bad, got 18.»[↗](../../not/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Which of the following statements is not consistent with the established facts concerning the boiling of water?[↗](../../not/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · One swallow does not make summer.[↗](../../not/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall not be baked with leaven.[↗](../../not/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.6.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../not/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.[↗](../../not/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.26.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../not/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.[↗](../../not/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../not/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · So his strength was not known.[↗](../../not/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../not/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it not wheat harvest to-day?[↗](../../not/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.12.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../not/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · But he told not his father.[↗](../../not/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../not/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **notable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Worth noticing or important enough to be noticed.[↗](../../notable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Famous or well known, as in "a notable writer".[↗](../../notable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, formal) An important or famous person.[↗](../../notable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town is notable for its old castle.[↗](../../notable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Marie Curie was a notable scientist.[↗](../../notable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a notable improvement in his reading.[↗](../../notable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Most birds can fly; the penguin is a notable exception.[↗](../../notable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The day's notable events were a fire drill and a visit from an author.[↗](../../notable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many local notables came to the opening.[↗](../../notable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her kindness was notable.[↗](../../notable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.[↗](../../notable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../notable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come\![↗](../../notable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.6.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../notable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **notably** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a way that is especially worth noticing.[↗](../../notably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **notate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To write something down using a system of signs or symbols, especially music, dance steps or chess moves.[↗](../../notate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The composer notated the melody on the stave.[↗](../../notate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you notate this rhythm using crotchets and quavers?[↗](../../notate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Chess players notate every move in a game.[↗](../../notate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She hummed the tune and her teacher notated it.[↗](../../notate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dances can be notated with special symbols.[↗](../../notate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths we notate «less than» with the sign \<.[↗](../../notate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **notation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A system of signs or symbols used to write things down, especially in maths, music or science.[↗](../../notation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A written note or mark: a notation in the margin.[↗](../../notation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Musical notation shows how long each note lasts.[↗](../../notation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths notation, «×» means multiply.[↗](../../notation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientific notation writes 3000 as 3 × 10³.[↗](../../notation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the notation for fractions: 3/4 means three quarters.[↗](../../notation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chess players use notation to record their moves.[↗](../../notation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher made a notation in the margin of my book.[↗](../../notation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Roman numerals are an old notation for numbers.[↗](../../notation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you.[↗](../../notation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../notation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As the Arabic numeral system of notation, the vowels, and the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../notation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In a binary system of notation the Zero is the second Symbol.[↗](../../notation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../notation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **notch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small V-shaped cut in an edge or surface.[↗](../../notch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A level or step on a scale: turn the heat up a notch.[↗](../../notch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To make a notch in something.[↗](../../notch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, informal) notch up: to achieve or score: notch up a win.[↗](../../notch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He tightened his belt by one notch.[↗](../../notch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the music down a notch, please.[↗](../../notch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoner cut a notch in the wall for each day.[↗](../../notch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team notched up another win.[↗](../../notch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was top-notch\![↗](../../notch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut a small notch in the stick to hold the string.[↗](../../notch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The tally stick had twelve notches.[↗](../../notch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He took the bow, and fitting an arrow to the notch, took careful aim and let fly.[↗](../../notch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **note** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A note is a short written message.[↗](../../note/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A note is also a piece of paper money, like a 10-pound note (a bill in the USA).[↗](../../note/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A note is one sound in music, or the sign for it.[↗](../../note/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Notes are short words you write down to remember things.[↗](../../note/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To note is to write something down, or to notice it.[↗](../../note/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A note can also be a comment or reference added to a book to explain something or to name its source.[↗](../../note/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She paid with a 20-pound note.[↗](../../note/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrote 3 notes to his friends.[↗](../../note/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much change does she get from a 10-pound note?[↗](../../note/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The song has 12 notes.[↗](../../note/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take notes while you watch the video.[↗](../../note/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum wrote a note to the teacher.[↗](../../note/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She played a high note on the piano.[↗](../../note/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Please note that the pool closes early today.[↗](../../note/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I made a note of the answer.[↗](../../note/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr. Nutt's notes (MacInnes' Tales, 453).[↗](../../note/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I, etc., etc.; his notes on "Yezirah" Chap.[↗](../../note/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../note/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 35) Compare Chapter I, Section 3, Note, 8.[↗](../../note/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../note/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 13) See above Note 1, God, idea and word are indivisible.[↗](../../note/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../note/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/17/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) - ← previous: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/15/) - next →: [page 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/17/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)