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# sterility

noun

«sterility» 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

In Sefer Yetzirah it is the opposite of fruitfulness, one of the pairs that go with the seven double letters.

**Interpretation.** The book pairs each double letter with a quality and its opposite, such as wisdom and ignorance. This shows that creation is built on balanced opposites.

### Meaning

The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sterility/#m1)

### Examples

- These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sterility/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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