childlessness

«childlessness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the state of having no children — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

the state of having no children tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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.

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

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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «childlessness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.