little
tsa.ir denotes someone younger in age or birth order, and can describe a person or group as least or small.
The attested uses most often mark a younger person, especially in contrast to a firstborn or older person; they also describe persons, families, or groups as least, small, or little. The supplied verses show both age or birth-order comparison and comparative smallness or low standing.
Senses in use
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Younger in age or birth order · dominant
The feminine singular form identifies the younger daughter alongside the firstborn in Genesis 19:31 and the younger bride before the firstborn in Genesis 29:26. Masculine singular forms contrast the younger with the older or firstborn in Genesis 25:23, Genesis 43:33, and Genesis 48:14; in Job 32:6, the speaker says he is young in years beside aged men.
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Least, small, or little · common
In 1 Samuel 9:21, the feminine singular form qualifies Saul's family as small among Benjamin's families, while Judges 6:15 places Gideon as least within his father's house. Plural construct forms occur with young people seeking water in Jeremiah 14:3 and with little ones in Jeremiah 48:4; Jeremiah 49:20 speaks of the little ones of the flock, and Psalm 119:141 joins being little with being despised.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously presents the term with “younger,” “youngest,” and “young in years,” and elsewhere with “smallest,” “least,” “little,” or “little ones.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these expressions confirm the clauses' comparisons without fixing a separate English equivalent in every verse.