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# emptiness

noun (emptiness, uncountable)

«emptiness» 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

1. The state of having nothing or nobody inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#m1)
2. A sad feeling that something is missing in your life, or that nothing matters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, the emptiness of a house or a desert sets a lonely mood; in talk about feelings, emptiness can come with grief or sadness, and it helps to talk to someone; in religion and philosophy, some traditions speak of emptiness as calm; phrases: «a feeling of emptiness», «the emptiness of space».

### Examples

- The emptiness of the classroom after school felt strange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#x1)
- After her friend moved away, she felt a deep emptiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#x2)
- Astronauts look out at the emptiness of space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#x3)
- The emptiness of the desert stretched for miles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#x4)
- The house echoed with emptiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#x5)
- If you feel emptiness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emptiness/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Built from empty + ness (y → i). Opposite: fullness. Feelings of emptiness are worth sharing with a trusted adult.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, the void (tohu) is the formless state before creation. Tradition reads it as the nothing from which God made something. In Isaiah, "the plummet of emptiness" is a measuring line that God stretches over Edom, meaning it will be left empty and ruined. In the Psalms, "unto emptiness" means leaving an enemy with nothing. In the primary lessons: In stories, the emptiness of a house or a desert sets a lonely mood; in talk about feelings, emptiness can come with grief or sadness, and it helps to talk to someone; in religion and philosophy, some traditions speak of emptiness as calm; phrases: «a feeling of emptiness», «the emptiness of space».

### Examples

- If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness; (Writings PSA.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emptiness/#x1)
- But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/emptiness/#x2)

### Note

Uncountable. Built from empty + ness (y → i). Opposite: fullness. Feelings of emptiness are worth sharing with a trusted adult.

## On Mova

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