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# primordial

«primordial» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Existing from the very beginning of time; first and original** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Existing from the very beginning of time; first and original. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/primordial/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it names the first elements and the chaos (tohu) of Genesis 1:2 that came before ordered creation. Interpretation: One reading says the ten sefirot hold back primordial chaos so that order can exist in the world.

### examples

- Note the order in which the primordial elements • were produced. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/primordial/#x1)
- In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' [Genesis 1:2], allowing structure and order to exist in creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/primordial/#x2)
- The Eighth Path is called Absolute or Perfect, because it is the means of the primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave, nor rest, except in the hidden places Of GEDULAH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/primordial/#x3)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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