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* '''Hokmah ... ascend:''' as the second emanation of the kabbalic Sephiroth, Hokmah occupies a position on the top right side of the vertical scale of the Sephiroth (tree of life), where one may hope to ascend to ultimate enlightenment | * '''Hokmah ... ascend:''' as the second emanation of the kabbalic Sephiroth, Hokmah occupies a position on the top right side of the vertical scale of the Sephiroth (tree of life), where one may hope to ascend to ultimate enlightenment | ||
| − | * '''son of Hokmah:''' in Hebrew the adjective hakam is used as an honorific, this phrase alludes to such titles as that of a Torah scholar ‘Talmid Hakam’ (“student of a sage”) | + | * '''son of Hokmah:''' in Hebrew the adjective hakam is used as an honorific, this phrase alludes to such titles as that of a Torah scholar ‘Talmid Hakam’ (“student of a sage”) ... Hokmah is also personified throughout the Hebrew Scriptures as a woman to be pursued (in this case as mother) |
Revision as of 23:28, 25 August 2020
- hokmah: (Hebrew) wisdom, experience, shrewdness
- Hokmah ... ascend: as the second emanation of the kabbalic Sephiroth, Hokmah occupies a position on the top right side of the vertical scale of the Sephiroth (tree of life), where one may hope to ascend to ultimate enlightenment
- son of Hokmah: in Hebrew the adjective hakam is used as an honorific, this phrase alludes to such titles as that of a Torah scholar ‘Talmid Hakam’ (“student of a sage”) ... Hokmah is also personified throughout the Hebrew Scriptures as a woman to be pursued (in this case as mother)
