Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zimzum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zimzum
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The self-imposed "withdrawal" of a part of God to enable the creation of the universe, as described by Isaac Luria.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At an early stage in the creative process, En Sof had tried to fill the vacuum it had created by zimzum with divine light, but the "vessels" or "pipes" designed to channel it had broken."
"Several prominent kabbalists viewed the zimzum as a voluntary divine process intended to make divinity more approachable to the created realms and to the people."
"Zimzum is a "restrictive contraction" which takes place in the first emanation of light and thus is the seed event which precedes all others in the act of creation."

Etymology

From Hebrew צימצום \ צִמְצוּם (tzimtzúm, “zimzum”, literally “contraction”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tzimtzum (alternative)

Questions

What does zimzum mean?: The self-imposed "withdrawal" of a part of God to enable the creation of the universe, as described by Isaac Luria.
Where does zimzum come from?: From Hebrew צימצום \ צִמְצוּם (tzimtzúm, “zimzum”, literally “contraction”).

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