Ten terms are used to describe nevuah; here is a list of those words:
- Vision - Chazon חזון
- Speech - Dibbur* דיבור
- Saying - Amirah* אמירה
- Influx (drops) - Hatafah הטיפה
- Prophecy - Nevuah נבואה
- Command - Tzivuy ציווי
- Burden - Masa משא
- Parable - Mashal משל
- Metaphor (Figure Of Speech) - Melitzah מליצה
- Allegory (Riddle) - Chidah חידה
These terms relate to ten different mystical levels experienced by the prophets. Other words pertaining to prophecy and the prophetic experience include:
mar'oat (Yechzekiel 1:1)
ra'oh (the "reverse vision" of chazon)
kri'ah
vayikar (bamidbar 23:4, Rashi)
bat kol
Rambam (Moreh Nevuchim, II45) lists eleven coded degrees of prophecy:
- the spirit of Hashem (ruach Hashem) - being moved to action
- holy spirit (ruach hakodesh) - force comes upon one causing speech or communication
- seeing a parable in a dream
- hearing articulate and clear speech in a dream without seeing the speaker
- being addressed by a man in a dream
- being addressed by an angel in a dream
- seeing He who is addressing one in a dream
- a vision or parable of prophecy during the day (not sleeping or dreaming)
- hearing speech in a vision of prophecy
- seeing a man who addresses one in a vision of prophecy
- seeing an angel who addresses one in a vision of prophecy
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- Moshe's unique level of prophecy: mouth to mouth
Ruach HaShem, The Spirit Of G-d
Torah and Nevuah
Prophets and Prophecy In Jewish Law
Becoming A Prophet
The Imaginative Faculty & Prophetic Influx
Ten Words To Designate Nevuah
Negative Attributes & Direct Prophecy
The Prophecy Of Moshe
Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim
Mashiach's Prophecy & The Secret Of Splitting The River
Prophets & Prophecy
Moshe's Prophecy According To Reform Judaism
The Phenomenology Of True Dreams In Maimonides - I want this book!
What Is Prophecy?
Dreaming
More On Ruach Hakodesh
Foresight & Prophecy (tzofeh)
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