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# antithesis

«antithesis» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The exact opposite of something; a pair of opposites set…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The exact opposite of something; a pair of opposites set against each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antithesis/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The seven double letters are read as pairs of opposites, like wisdom and foolishness, life and death, showing the world's balance.

### examples

- Seven double letters serve to signify the antithesis to which human life is exposed. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antithesis/#x1)
- Notwithstanding the decay of the individual, the genus is produced by the antithesis of man and wife. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antithesis/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antithesis/#x3)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «antithesis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antithesis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.