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# factorial

«factorial» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **In mathematics, the result of multiplying a whole number…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

In mathematics, the result of multiplying a whole number by every smaller whole number down to one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/factorial/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Commentators note that Sefer Yetzirah counts how many ways the letters can be arranged and see in the huge numbers the endless range of creation.

### examples

- The factorials up to that of 1"2 are as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/factorial/#x1)
- The Sefer Yetzirah gives the factorials up to that of seven and concludes the Mishnah by saying: "Go and count further, what the mouth is unable to pronounce, and the ear is unable to hear." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/factorial/#x2)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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