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# xvii

«xvii» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The Roman numeral for seventeen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The Roman numeral for seventeen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/X/xvii/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: It points to Genesis 17, where God makes the covenant of circumcision with Abraham. In the tradition, this is the covenant of the flesh.

### examples

- The Two Covenants, by the Word or Spirit, and by the Flesh, made by Jehovah with Abraham, Genesis XVII. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/X/xvii/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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