qorbme

/ˈqɔːrb.meɪ/ (QORB-meh; 2 syllables)
Core · entered the canon 2026-04-27

The stone is uncarved — this word has no glyph yet. The place was prepared before the carving.

Definition

Sacrifice-as-drawing-near-as-received-ordinance — the relational-intimacy dimension of sacrifice where the offering is the vehicle and intimacy with the DIVINE is the destination. The capacity to approach the DIVINE through offering understood as gift-given.

The gap it fills

sacrifice-as-drawing-near-as-received-ordinance — the relational-intimacy dimension of sacrifice; four-tradition convergence on sacrifice named after proximity (Hebrew qorban, Arabic qurban, Akkadian qurbanu, Greek prosphora)

Evidential structure

No morpheme decomposition is carved in canon for this word — the cathedral does not guess one from its shape.

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