English
Kabbalah
Kabbalah comes from Hebrew קַבָּלָה ‘Jewish mysticism’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentקַבָּלָהkabalá‘Jewish mysticism’literally ‘something received’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Kabbalah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentקַבָּלָהkabalá‘Jewish mysticism’literally ‘something received’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Kabbalah
Earliest quotation: 1991, Stacy C. Hollander, Harry Lieberman: a journey of remembrance: “Hasidism is closely allied with the fundamental teachings of…”
The story
Borrowed from Hebrew קַבָּלָה (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “something received”). It refers to the notion that Kabbalah is a set of mystical doctrines received in antiquity and passed on in small circles.
Every English word from Hebrew קַבָּלָה
Today it means
name A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew קַבָּלָה / Kabbalah