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# nothingness

noun

«nothingness» 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

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says God made something from nothingness, and Kabbalah calls the first state "Ain."

### Meaning

The state of being nothing; not existing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nothingness/#m1)

### Examples

- Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nothingness/#x1)
- And from Nothingness did He make something, and all forms of speech and every created thing, and from the empty void He made the solid earth, and from the non-existent He brought forth Life. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nothingness/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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