[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mystery.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / mystery [← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/M/) # mystery «mystery» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **something strange that is not known or explained yet** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (mystery, mysteries); adjective (mystery — unknown) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A mystery is something strange that is not known or explained yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#m1) 2) A mystery is a story or film about solving a crime or a puzzle, often by a detective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#m2) 3) «A mystery number» or «mystery prize» is one you do not know yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means a hidden, secret teaching about creation, held to be too deep to explain plainly. Interpretation: Tradition thinks of such teaching as a secret handed down to only a few, and the book speaks of depth as a sign of divine mystery. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a «mystery number» to find (the unknown), often found by doing the opposite operation; number riddles. In literacy: mystery stories, clues, detectives, suspects. In science: mysteries scientists still try to solve, like what is at the bottom of the ocean. Phrases: «solve the mystery», «a mystery to me», «mystery story», «murder mystery». ### examples - The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x1) - Depth [note 15: עוֹמֶק ʽomeq ‘depth’ here is based on the metaphor of עֲמֻקָּה ʽamuqqah ‘deepness’ as a symbol of divine mystery, as found in Biblical poetry, ex. [Job 11:8], [Psalms 64:7], [Ecclesiastes 7:24]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x2) - These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x3) - The mystery number plus 6 is 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x4) - Find the mystery number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x5) - She reads a mystery book of 200 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x6) - Solve the mystery: who has more? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x7) - How the dog got onto the roof is a mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x8) - The detective followed the clues to solve the mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x9) - It's a mystery to me why he left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x10) - I am thinking of a mystery number: double it and you get 14. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x11) - Everything was said in whispers, every word was a mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/#x12) ### note Plural «mysteries» (y changes to ies). «Mysterious» is the adjective. Maths: «mystery number» is the unknown, often found by doing the opposite operation (15 − 6 = 9). Trap: check the answer by putting it back into the riddle. ### In the corpora - [Mystery bags make buying exciting, but you pay for the surprise and often get things you do not want.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/8/) - [A loot box is a paid mystery prize in a game; you do not know what is inside until after you pay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/5/) - [Mystery packs usually give you less than you paid, because most people get common items.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/12/) - [Many traditions treat a lie blurted out in panic differently from a planned deception; the vicar says Scripture leaves some mystery here.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases/16/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «mystery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mystery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.