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 →

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 →

Note

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

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «childlessness» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«childlessness» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/childlessness/