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# childlessness

noun

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

## In Jewish tradition

It appears in the Sefer Yetzirah as the opposite of fruitfulness.

**Interpretation.** Sefer Yetzirah sets each good thing against its opposite, such as wisdom and foolishness. These pairs show how the world is made of opposites held in balance.

### Meaning

the state of having no children [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childlessness/#m1)

### Examples

- The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/childlessness/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

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