tender
kind
archaic sense
modern equivalent
young, soft
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
Young, soft or delicate; in the first sentence it means a young calf, and in the third it means young, soft grass. tree →
how it differs from today
Today "tender" usually means soft and easy to cut or chew, or loving and gentle. The old sense includes young and delicate, and all three sentences use that sense.
examples
- And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it. (Torah GEN.18.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Oh, how tender and wearied her little feet were! (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
- My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917) tree →
primary record
tender
tests
rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 133 (Torah 5, tales 128, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 15.1 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)
In the corpora
- Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for Thy law is my delight.
- The LORD is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works.
- For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
- A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tender» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.