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# microcosm

«microcosm» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a model of the whole universe, such as a human being** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A "small world"; a small thing that is a model of the whole universe, such as a human being. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/microcosm/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means the human body and soul, which are seen as a small copy of the universe (the macrocosm). Interpretation: Jewish mystics read the book as saying that the world, the year and the human body all match each other. They taught that understanding one helps you understand the others.

### examples

- The "Sepher Yetzirah," on the other hand is mainly concerned with our universe and with the Microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/microcosm/#x1)
- 26) Here is meant: ethereal air, ethereal water, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/microcosm/#x2)
- The '' Sepher Yetzirah," on the other hand is mainly concerned with our universe and with the Microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/microcosm/#x3)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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