[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lighter.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / lighter [← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/L/) # lighter «lighter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a lighter, lighters); adjective, comparative (light, lighter, lightest) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#m1) 2) Less heavy: «A feather is lighter than a stone». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#m2) 3) Paler or less dark in colour: «light blue is lighter than navy». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#m3) 4) Brighter, with more light: «It's lighter in the mornings now». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#m4) 5) Less serious or less strong: «a lighter meal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#m5) 6) Lighter can also mean less worried and happier in your heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#m6) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts it often means less heavy, as when the people ask Rehoboam to make their yoke lighter. In Psalms it means weighing less than nothing. Interpretation: The yoke stands for heavy taxes and labor. Rehoboam's refusal is read as the foolish choice that split the kingdom in two. In the primary lessons: In maths and science: comparing mass — «Which is lighter?»; on a balance the lighter side goes up. In art: mix white to make a colour lighter. In safety: lighters and matches are not toys — give any you find to an adult. Phrases: «lighter than», «a cigarette lighter», «lighter in colour». ### examples - Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity. (Writings PSA.62.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x1) - 'Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.' (Prophets 1KI.12.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x2) - And he said unto them: 'What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying: Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?' (Prophets 1KI.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x3) - A feather is lighter than a brick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x4) - The side of the scale that goes up is lighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x5) - Add white paint to make the blue lighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x6) - It gets lighter earlier in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x7) - Never play with a lighter; give it to an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x8) - Dad used a lighter to light the barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x9) - My school bag is lighter today because I have no books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x10) - We had a lighter lunch because it was hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x11) - And when she had offered this prayer, her heart felt lighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/#x12) ### note Two different words with the same spelling: «lighter» from «light» (not heavy / not dark) and «a lighter» (a flame tool, from the verb «light»). In maths, «lighter» compares mass: if A is 3 kg and B is 5 kg, A is 2 kg lighter. Opposites: heavier, darker. ### In the corpora - [Keeping it a secret usually makes the feeling heavier; telling makes it lighter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/15/) - [Adding white to a colour makes a lighter tint, and adding black makes a darker shade.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/42-olympiad-picture-puzzles/6/) - [A shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, which is lighter and bendier than bone, so shark fossils are mostly teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/6/) - [A tiny pipistrelle, lighter than a coin, can eat around 3,000 small insects in one night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/13/) - [Sauropod bones had air pockets inside, as birds' bones do, which made the skeleton lighter and helped breathing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/7/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «lighter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.