temurahn.
/təmuːˈrɑː/ Judaism.
In cabalistic phraseology, a systematic replacement of the letters of a word with other letters in order to find the hidden meaning of events, laws, etc., in the Torah.
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1902 A. E. Waite Doctr. & Lit. of Kabalah i. iv. 27 Very curious results were sometimes obtained by these solemn follies which appear so childish and ridiculous at the present day. They comprise: a. Gematria..b. Notaricon..c. Themurah, that is the transposition of letters in a given word or sentence.
1911 ‘Sepharial’ Kabala of Numbers I. iii. 31 The Temurah, in which the letters of a word were replaced by others after a definite method.
1974 C. Poncé Kabbalah ii. 172 Turning now to Jeremiah xxv. 26,..we discover that Sheshak is none other than Babel. How did the writer of this Biblical passage arrive at Sheshak as another name for Babel? Through the method of temura.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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n.1902- to force on, upon
- to force one's hand
- to force one's voice
- to force one's way
- to force open
- to force the bidding
- to force the exchange
- to force the game
- to force the issue
- to force the pace
- to force the the running
- to force words into a sense
- to fordo into or to
- to fore-reach on
- to fore-reach upon
- to forereach on
- to forereach upon
- to forestall the burgh
- to forgather up
- to forge and file
- to forge together
- to forget about
- to forget oneself
- to forget the blue bag
- to forget to do