Young child, tender in years, tender youth/ young/ of tender years

A small child; a youth who is young in years (tender, figuratively, delicate).

("And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds are tender unto me, and if they should be smitten one day, all the flocks will die" - Genesis 33:13 (Jacob to Esau), and so on: "And David said unto Solomon my son, I am young and tender, and the house shall be built unto the LORD, to be magnified, for a high place, for a name, and for beauty" - Deuteronomy 1:22, and so on: "And he made him ride In the chariot of the second mission that he had, they called before him Avraham (at the beginning of something) - this is Yosef who is a father of wisdom and old in years" - Midrash Tanai'im Liddivarim, chapter 1, and so: "And if the husband is old in years, it is good to be careful to follow him carefully, whether he brings signs when he makes a messenger, that no young man makes a messenger, and who is he if he has an elder In His presence there is no one to be found, even here" - The Day of Solomon, Masekhet Gettin, Chapter 6, and so on: "And I also have one child who has been brought up by me, and he is a young man, and he is good above me, spread abroad" - Shai Agnon/ Sifurei HaBeshat, the couple, and so on: "A man stood opposite him, old in years, and he hid the words of the Beshat" Agnon/ Sifurei The Be'esh't, the Arizal, is grateful to the Be'esh't, and says: "I am the darkness of the eyes/ still soft in the teeth/ and sometimes among the Arabs/ they appeared as gypsies" - Translation: Dan Almagor/ The Gypsies)

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