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Kabbalah
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kabbalah
English
Alternative forms
en Cabala Cabalah Cabbala Cabbalah Kabala Kabalah Kabbala Qabala Qabalah Qabbala Qabbālāh
en cabala cabalah cabbala cabbalah kabala kabalah kabbala kabbalah qabala qabalah
en en Kabballah kabballah kaballah
Etymology
en he קַבָּלָה kabalá Jewish mysticism something received. It refers to the notion that Kabbalah is a set of mystical doctrines received in antiquity and passed on in small circles. en cabal.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈbɑːlə/ /ˈkɑːbələ/ /ˈkɑːbəlɑː/
en /ˌkɑːbɑːˈlɑː/ /ˌkɑːbəˈlɑː/ Hebrew-like
Proper noun
en Q123006en Judaism A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.
en 1991 Harry Lieberman: a journey of remembrance Stacy C. Hollander 49 Hasidism is closely allied with the fundamental teachings of the Kabbalah, the system of Jewish esoteric thought and mysticism.
en-GB Anna Silman Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican w:The Guardian 2025-04-24 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/womanosphere-conservative-women 0261-3077 In addition to vitriolic criticism of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, Owens’s controversial claims that, for example, the Jewish mystical practice Kabbalah is a “pedophile-centric religion” have drawn condemnation from Jewish advocacy groups. https://web.archive.org/web/20250805003014/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/womanosphere-conservative-women
Derived terms
en Kabbalah bracelet Kabbalic
Related terms
en kabbalist
Translations
body of teachings
Arabic: ar قَبَالَة f
Armenian: hy կաբալա
Catalan: ca càbala f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 卡巴拉 kǎbālā
Danish: da kabbala c
Dutch: nl Kabbala
Finnish: fi kabbala
French: fr kabbale f
German: de Kabbala f, de Kaballah f
Hebrew: he קַבָּלָה f kabbala
Japanese: ja カバラ kabara
Kazakh: kk каббала
Korean: ko 카발라
Macedonian: mk ка́бала f
Persian: fa کابالا
Polish: pl kabała f
Portuguese: pt cabala f
Russian: ru каббала́ f, ru кабала́ f
Spanish: es cábala f
Swedish: sv kabbala
Volapük: vo kabaal
Yiddish: yi קבלה f kabole
See also
en cabal
en 3-syllable words