Kabbalah

• Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Qabbala, Qabbālāh
• cabala, cabalah, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabalah, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah
• ^{(please verify)} Kabballah, kabballah, kaballah

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. Doublet of cabal.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbɑːlə/, /ˈkɑːbələ/, /ˈkɑːbəlɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːbɑːˈlɑː/, /ˌkɑːbəˈlɑː/ (Hebrew-like)

Kabbalah

2. (Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.
   • 1991, Stacy C. Hollander, Harry Lieberman: a journey of remembrance, page 49:

     Hasidism is closely allied with the fundamental teachings of the Kabbalah, the system of Jewish esoteric thought and mysticism.

   • 2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In addition to vitriolic criticism of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, Owens’s controversial claims that, for example, the Jewish mystical practice Kabbalah is a “pedophile-centric religion” have drawn condemnation from Jewish advocacy groups.

• kabbalist

• cabal