infant

noun (an infant, infants); adjective (infant)

«infant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

An infant is a baby or a very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk well. tree →
(UK) Infants are the youngest children in primary school, about ages four to seven; an infant school is for them. tree →
Infant can describe something new that has just begun: an infant company. tree →

In the lessons

In health and safety: car seats for infants, never shake an infant. In UK schools: infant school, the infants. In science: the stages of life — infant, child, teenager, adult. Phrases: infant school, newborn infant, infant formula.

Examples

The infant slept in her cot. tree →
Infants need milk many times a day. tree →
My little brother is in the infants. tree →
Always strap an infant into a car seat. tree →
Infant school comes before junior school. tree →
The infant smiled for the first time. tree →
The infant was away with a nurse. tree →

Note

Countable: an infant (vowel sound). Noun: infancy (the time of being a baby). Formal or medical word; in everyday speech say "baby". Infant mortality is a formal phrase for babies who die.

In Jewish tradition

It means a small child or baby, as in the commands of war against Amalek and prophecies of punishment.

Interpretation. Such verses are hard, and the rabbis discuss them closely. Job's wish shows how bitter his grief is.

Examples

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light. (Writings JOB.3.16, JPS 1917) tree →
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.' (Prophets 1SA.15.3, JPS 1917) tree →
Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. (Prophets HOS.14.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: an infant (vowel sound). Noun: infancy (the time of being a baby). Formal or medical word; in everyday speech say "baby". Infant mortality is a formal phrase for babies who die.

On Mova

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

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