The Mishnah uses the term for an uncultivated person: "Seven characteristics are in an uncultivated person, and seven in a learned one", ( שבעה דברים בגולם) ( Avot 5:7 in the Hebrew text English translations vary). The word golem occurs once in the Bible in Psalm 139:16, which uses the word גלמי ( golmi my golem), that means "my light form", "raw" material, connoting the unfinished human being before God's eyes. Over the centuries, it has been used to connote war, community, isolation, hope, and despair." Etymology It can be a victim or villain, man or woman-or sometimes both. According to Moment magazine, "the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi of Prague. A golem ( / ˈ ɡ oʊ l ə m/ GOH-ləm Hebrew: גּוֹלֶם, romanized: gōlem) is an animated, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud.
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