Zeruph
Zeruph (צירוף) is a method of Jewish hermeneutics , among others such as Gematria , Temura and Notarikon .
Word meaning
Zeruph, Hebrew: צרוף is derived from the Hebrew verb צרף (pronounced: Tsaraph), which means on the one hand "cleanse, purify", on the other hand "add, put together". It is the verbal noun , ie “purification” or “joining”.
In Greek this process is called τὸ ἀναγραμματισμός or ἀνακύκλοσις, Latin revolutio, i.e. upheaval.
The procedure
In Zeruph you write all possible permutations without repeating a word under each other. The aim is to come to a New Word that explains the original word.
example
- חלק - the part, lot, fraction etc. unit of time.
- לקח - take; Lesson
The whole thing is also shown in a circle. The individual words, which each have a different word image number but the same numerical value, are the Havioth, (הואת) = Greek: οὐσίαι, i.e. ways of being of a word. It can be assumed that the verb “take” is etymologically related to the word “part”. This is the metathesis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Langenscheidt's Concise Dictionary Hebrew-German, p. 490
literature
- Oaknin, Symbols of Judaism, Munich; 1995
- Dornseiff: The alphabet in mysticism and magic; Leipzig 1925
- Jewish Encyclopedy