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# younger

«younger» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **having lived fewer years than someone else** — 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

adjective (comparative of young; young, younger, youngest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#m1)

2) Younger can mean in an earlier part of life: «when I was younger». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it often means the younger of two children, as in the younger daughter. It is used just as in everyday English. Interpretation: The tradition notices that the younger often comes out ahead in the stories, such as Jacob, Joseph and Ephraim. Laban's words about not giving the younger before the first-born are taken as the custom of that place. In the primary lessons: fewer years than another person: «A is D years younger than B»: A = B − D; «How much younger» asks for a difference; phrases: «younger than», «younger brother», «younger sister», «the youngest»

### examples

- And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.' (Torah GEN.29.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x1)
- And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born. (Torah GEN.29.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x2)
- And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. (Torah GEN.19.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x3)
- And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (Prophets JDG.1.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x4)
- But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. (Writings JOB.30.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x5)
- And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. (Prophets EZK.16.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x6)
- Anna is 2 years younger than Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x7)
- Ben is 8, and his brother is 3 years younger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x8)
- How much younger is Lily than Sam? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x9)
- My younger brother is in Year 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x10)
- When I was younger, I was scared of dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x11)
- She is the youngest in her family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x12)
- Puppies are younger dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x13)
- Younger children must hold an adult's hand near the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x14)
- "We won't let the younger marry before her elders." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/younger/#x15)

### note

«A is D years younger than B»: A = B − D. Trap: if A's age is given, B = A + D. «younger» is the opposite of «older».

### In the corpora

- [And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.517/)
- [Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.867/)
- [And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.869/)
- [And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.877/)
- [And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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