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sephirah

UK/ˈsɛfɪɹɑː/US/səˈfiɹə/

sephirah is the alternative spelling of sefirah.

Meaning of sefirah

Noun

sefirah (plural sefiroth or sefirot)

  1. Each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself to the universe and man.
    • Other nights, depending on how swanky the function and fashionable the gown, there might also be observed, tattooed in exquisite symmetry below Madame Eskimoff's bared nape, the Kabbalist Tree of Life, with the names of the Sephiroth spelled out in Hebrew, which had brought her more than enough of...2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 256
  2. (Judaism) The counting of the Omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.

Forms of sephirah

pluralsephiroth
pluralsephirot

Questions about sephirah

What is sephirah the alternative spelling of?
Sephirah is the alternative spelling of sefirah.
How do you pronounce sephirah?
Sephirah is pronounced /ˈsɛfɪɹɑː/ (UK).

Words near sephirah in the dictionary

  1. Sepharvite
  2. Sepharvites
  3. sephen
  4. Sepher Torah
  5. sephira
  6. sephirah
  7. sephiric
  8. sephirot
  9. sephiroth
  10. sephirothic
  11. Sephu

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