youth
part of speech
noun (youth, uncountable; a youth, youths; the youth)
meaning for a pupil
1) Youth is the time of life when someone is young, especially the years between being a child and being an adult. tree →
2) A youth is a young man or teenager. tree →
3) The youth means young people as a group. tree →
4) Youth also means being young: freshness and energy. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used as in everyday English, for the early years of life. In the laws on vows it means the time when a girl is still young and unmarried in her father's house. The Psalms and prophets use it for the early time of a person's life, as in trust in God "from my youth" or the husband of her youth. Interpretation: The law of vows in Numbers 30 says a father can cancel the vow of his young daughter, and tradition reads this as protecting the household. Joshua serving Moses "from his youth" shows his long loyalty and training as Moses' successor. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, «youth club», «youth team» and «youth hostel» are for young people. In stories, a character may remember their youth. In news, «a youth» usually means a teenage boy. Phrases: «in his youth», «youth club», «youth team», «the youth of today».
examples
- And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses, shut them in.' (Torah NUM.11.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, (Torah NUM.30.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another. (Torah GEN.43.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved. (Writings JOB.36.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- For Thou art my hope; O Lord GOD, my trust from my youth. (Writings PSA.71.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Grandpa played football in his youth. tree →
- My brother goes to the youth club on Fridays. tree →
- She plays for the under-twelves youth team. tree →
- A youth helped the old lady carry her bags. tree →
- The youth of the town planted trees in the park. tree →
- We stayed in a youth hostel on our trip. tree →
- The youth told him everything precisely. tree →
note
Uncountable for the time of life («in her youth»); countable for a young person («two youths»), plural «youths». Adjective: «youthful». «A youth» usually means a young man.
In the corpora
- Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
- Didst thou not just now cry unto Me: 'My father, Thou art the friend of my youth.
- Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
- Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
- Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «youth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.