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# childless

adjective

«childless» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Childless means having no children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childless/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, an old couple with no child who longs for one.

### Examples

- The childless queen wished for a baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childless/#x1)
- Many childless couples adopt a child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childless/#x2)
- The old people were sad because they were childless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, being childless was a great sorrow, as in Abram's complaint to God. In Leviticus it is also a punishment for forbidden marriages.

**Interpretation.** Abraham and Sarah, Rachel and Hannah are the well-known childless parents in the tradition. Their prayers and later children show that God answers those who wait.

### Examples

- And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. (Torah LEV.20.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childless/#x1)
- And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife — he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness — they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. (Torah LEV.20.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childless/#x2)
- And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' (Torah GEN.15.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childless/#x3)
- And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. (Prophets 1SA.15.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childless/#x4)
- Thus saith the LORD: Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. (Prophets JER.22.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childless/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «childless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«childless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childless.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «childless» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«childless» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/childless.html) on Mova free.