younger

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

«younger» 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

Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else. tree →
Younger can mean in an earlier part of life: «when I was younger». tree →

In the 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

Anna is 2 years younger than Tom. tree →
Ben is 8, and his brother is 3 years younger. tree →
How much younger is Lily than Sam? tree →
My younger brother is in Year 1. tree →
When I was younger, I was scared of dogs. tree →
She is the youngest in her family. tree →
Puppies are younger dogs. tree →
Younger children must hold an adult's hand near the road. tree →
"We won't let the younger marry before her elders." tree →

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 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.

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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →

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».

On Mova

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