The scriptural texts for tefillin are obscure in literal meaning. For example, the verse in Deut. 11:18 does not designate what specifically to bind upon your arm, and the definition of totafot is not obvious. It is the Talmud, the authoritative oral tradition for Rabbinic Judaism, which explains what are to be bound to the body and the form of tefillin.
deep state. English. Wikipedia has an article on: deep state. Wikipedia. Noun. deep state (plural deep states) A body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy.
Noun. 1. state of matter - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); the solid state of water is called ice.