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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the cabala, the first ten numerals, as attributes and emanations of the Deity, compared to rays of light, and identified with Scripture names of God. By the Sephiroth the first and highest of four worlds was said to be formed. See
cabalist . - In the cabala, the Sephiroth are the ten attributes or intelligences which form the Adam Kadmon, the ‘Primordial man’ (the Deity). These attributes emanate from the En-Soph, the ‘Infinite.’ Their names are as follows: Kether, 'the crown
- H˙akmah, ‘wisdom’
- Binah, ‘intelligence’
- H˙esed, ‘mercy’ or ‘love’
- Pah˙ad, Geburah, or Din, ‘strength and justice’
- Tiphereth, ‘beauty’
- Netsah˙, ‘firmness’ or ‘victory’
- Hod, ‘majesty’ or ‘splendor’
- Yesod, ‘foundation’
- (10) Malkuth, ‘kingdom.’ The Sephiroth are divided in three categories called 'Amudim, ‘pillars’; numbers 2, 4, and 7 form the right pillar, the ‘Pillar of Love’; numbers 1, 6, 9, and 10 form the middle pillar, the ‘Pillar of Mercy’; numbers 3, 5, and 8 form the left pillar, the ‘Pillar of Judgment.’ The Sephiroth are united by links forming three more triads. The first, the uppermost triad, is composed of the Crown, Wisdom, and Intelligence; the second, of Love, Justice, and Beauty; the third, of Firmness, Majesty, and Foundation. These triads, according to the Zohar, form other triads. The three pillars together are known in the cabala as Ets-H˙aïm, the Tree of Life. See
Adam Kadmon .
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- noun Plural form of
sephirah .
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Is that a water tree or a "sephiroth" - a Tree of Life - perched on the Lone Wolf's seatmast?
The Pinch Test: Indignities of Spring BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Each of the pillars has spheres, called sephiroth, placed at certain points on it, ten in all.
Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002
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Each of the pillars has spheres, called sephiroth, placed at certain points on it, ten in all.
Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002
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COPYRIGHTS GOES TO SQUARENIX, AND MUSIC USO BY SID this is a fight between me "Grand Master" and Middle Ages we will see who ` s the best one, my favourite character ((cloud strife)) or his sporth "sephiroth" iam killing sporth in the end of the clip and the war is still on عملت فيديوكليب قبل فترة وكان ذلك قبل معرفتي ب اعلان
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COPYRIGHTS GOES TO SQUARENIX, AND MUSIC USO BY SID this is a fight between me "Grand Master" and Middle Ages we will see who ` s the best one, my favourite character ((cloud strife)) or his sporth "sephiroth" iam killing sporth in the end of the clip and the war is still on عملت فيديوكليب قبل فترة وكان ذلك قبل معرفتي ب اعلان
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COPYRIGHTS GOES TO SQUARENIX, AND MUSIC USO BY SID this is a fight between me "Grand Master" and Middle Ages we will see who ` s the best one, my favourite character ((cloud strife)) or his sporth "sephiroth" iam killing sporth in the end of the clip and the war is still on عملت فيديوكليب قبل فترة وكان ذلك قبل معرفتي ب اعلان
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COPYRIGHTS GOES TO SQUARENIX, AND MUSIC USO BY SID this is a fight between me "Grand Master" and Middle Ages we will see who ` s the best one, my favourite character ((cloud strife)) or his sporth "sephiroth" iam killing sporth in the end of the clip and the war is still on عملت فيديوكليب قبل فترة وكان ذلك قبل معرفتي ب اعلان
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February 12, 2010 at 4: 46 pm | Reply nice villains i especially like the shadowlords, but i have to agree with shoinan (as a hughe sephiroth fan) sephiroth should definetily be in it .. elmir Says:
Some of my favorite video game villains! « Skulls in the Stars 2008
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February 3rd, 2007 at 5: 22 am lulu looks kind of cool to i just wish people wouldnt try to dress like sephiroth cause they just wont look like him no matter what
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children DVD US Official Release Date 2006
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I love Cloud and sephiroth the most!!! please can u email me how u made them like that???? arielle Says:
johnmperry commented on the word sephiroth
Sephirot or "enumerations", Sephiroth, Sefiroth (סְפִירוֹת), singular: Sephirah, also Sefirah (סְפִירָה "enumeration" in Hebrew), in the qabbalah of Judaism, are the ten attributes that God (who is referred to as �?ור �?ין סוף Aur Ain Soph, "Limitless Light, Light Without End") created through which he can manifest not only in the physical but the metaphysical universe.
June 24, 2008