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# aphorism

«aphorism» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aphorism/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah is written in short, tight sayings, which readers take as hints to be pondered rather than fully explained.

### examples

- "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aphorism/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aphorism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aphorism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.