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# phantom

«phantom» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural phantoms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#m1)

2) Something that seems to be there but is not real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The translator uses it to describe the Hebrew word ruach (spirit, breath, wind), which can mean something unseen halfway between wind and soul. In the primary lessons: in tales a phantom flies off and leads a hero on a chase

### examples

- On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#x1)
- Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#x2)
- A phantom rode across the marsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#x3)
- The prince chased a phantom all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#x4)
- The phantom vanished at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/phantom/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths; a phantom is not a real thing to count.

### Trees and pragmatics

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