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# formative

«formative» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Having the power to shape or form something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Having the power to shape or form something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/formative/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: It translates a phrase from Sefer Yetzirah about a power that shapes things, and the translators disagree on its exact meaning.

### examples

- Rittangelius gives "replace the formative power upon his throne." Postellus gives "restore the device to its place." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/formative/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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