Aẓilut: Cabalistic term for "emanation" or "eradiation"; but philosophical authors prefer "shefa'" or "hashpa'ah. The word is derived from "aẓal" in reference to Num. and in this sense it was taken over into the Cabala from Solomon ibn Gabirol's ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]