בֶּן זְקוּנִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The younger child / child born in old age

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The youngest child in the family. A term for a beloved young child born when the parents are already "old".

("And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the set time that God had spoken" – Genesis 21:2; and also: "And Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the younger child to him, and he made him a coat of many colors" – Genesis 37:3; and also: "By chance we do not know his name, and among heaps of swords / the younger children of our people, return us with darkness we were born" – H.N. Bialik / Le'echad Ha'am; and also: "Indeed, your mother’s heart is good to you / you are her only younger child" – Shaul Tchernichovsky / Lenachen; and also: "He is Jacob, the younger child of Rabbi Chiyya, whom he loved most" – Chaim Sabato / Emeth Me’eretz Tetzmach, Hemd, 57)