Lexical Definition

‎יָלַד‎ yâlad (yaw-lad') to beget ^H:V
a primitive root

bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

• to bear young
• causatively, to beget
• medically, to act as midwife
• specifically, to show lineage

1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bear, bring forth
1a1a) of child birth
1a1b) of distress (simile)
1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)
1a2) to beget
1b) (Niphal) to be born
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cause or help to bring forth
1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife
1c3) midwife (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be born
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to beget (a child)
1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity)
1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)
1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

See Greek: γένεσις · γέννημα · γέννησις · γεννητός · γίνομαι · γυνή · ἐπισκέπτομαι · κτάομαι · μήτηρ · τέκνον · τίκτω · ὠδίν

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‎יָלַד‎₄₉₇ verb bear, bring forth, beget (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎יְלִיד‎, ‎יְלֵיד‎, ; Arabic bear, bring forth, so Ethiopic Assyrian alâdu, COT^Gloss) —

Qal Perfect ‎יָלַד‎ Gen 4:18 (3 t. in verse) + 16 t.; ‎יָלָ֑ד‎ Jer 17:11 ‎וְיָלַד‎ consecutive Ps 7:15* suffix ‎יְלָֽדְךָ‎ Deut 32:18 2 masculine singular suffix ‎ילדתני‎ Jer 2:27 Kt; Qr ‎יְלִדְתָּנוּ‎ (Kö^{i. 410} Ges^{«GKC:70»§ 70}, 2. R. 4); 1 singular suffix ‎יְלִדְתִּ֫יךָ‎ Ps 2:7 ‎יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּ‎ Num 11:12, etc.; Imperfect ‎יֵלֶד(יֹוםׅ‎ Prov 27:1 3 feminine singular ‎תֵּלֵד‎ Gen 17:17 + 6 t.; ‎וַתֵּ֫לֶד‎ Gen 4:1 + 61 t.; 2 feminine singular ‎תֵּלְדִי‎ Gen 3:16 ‎אֵלֵד‎ Gen 18:13 ‎וָאֵלֵד‎ 1Kgs 3:17 ‎יֵ˜לְדוּ‎ Isa 65:23 3 feminine plural ‎תֵּלַדְנָה‎ Jer 29:6 ‎וַתֵּלַדְנָה‎ Ezek 23:4 ‎וַתֵּלַדְןָ‎ Gen 30:39, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎יָלֹד‎ Job 15:35 construct ‎לֵדָה‎ Hos 9:11 + 3 t.; ‎לֶ֫דֶת‎ Gen 4:2 + 10 t.; ‎לָלַת‎ 1Sam 4:19 (Kö^{i, 402}, but probably text error Dr); suffix ‎לִדְתִּי‎ 1Kgs 3:18, etc.; Participle active ‎יֹלֵד‎ Prov 17:21; Jer 30:6, etc.; feminine ‎יוֺלֵדָה‎ Hos 13:13 + 12 t.; ‎יֹלֶ֫דֶת‎ Gen 17:19 + 4 t.; ‎יֹלַדְתְּ‎ Gen 16:11 + 2 t. (Kö^{i. 404 f.}; perhaps ‎יֹלֶדֶת‎ intended by Kt, compare Sta^{§ 213 b}); suffix Prov 23:25 ‎יוֺלַדְתּוֺ‎ Prov 17:25 etc.; plural ‎יֹלְדוֺת‎ Jer 16:3 Passive participle ‎יָלוּד‎ 1Kgs 3:26; 1Kgs 3:27 construct ‎יְלוּד‎ Job 14:1 + 2 t.; plural ‎יְלוּדִים‎ 1Chr 14:4 —

1. bear, bring froth:
a. (a mother a child,) so commonly, approximately 208 t.; followed by accusative Gen 3:16; Gen 4:1 & constantly; accusative omitted Gen 6:2 etc. = be delivered of a child, 1Kgs 3:17; 1Kgs 3:18; 2Kgs 19:3 = Isa 37:3 (in proverb with negative, i.e. human power exhausted); of animals Gen 30:39; Gen 31:8 (twice in verse); Jer 14:5; Jer 17:11 (bird laying eggs, or hatching out young), Ezek 31:6; Job 39:1; Job 39:2 but also of whole process of labour (compare ‎חול‎) ‎וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ‎ Gen 35:16 compare vGen 35:17, Gen 38:27; Gen 38:28, compare 1Sam 14:19; Jer 31:18; Mic 5:2* (of a man, as preposterous, Jer 30:6, compare Moses as mother of Israel Num 11:12).
b. hence in simile of distress Mic 4:9; Mic 4:10; Isa 13:8; Isa 21:3; Isa 42:14; Jer 6:24; Jer 13:21; Jer 22:23; Jer 30:6; Jer 49:24; Jer 50:43; Ps 48:7*, compare Hos 13:13 ‎ילד עלבֿרכים‎ (Sta^{ZAW 1886, 143 ff.}) Gen 30:3; Gen 50:23 (compare Job 3:12).
c. figurative of wicked ‎וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר‎ Ps 7:15* compare Job 15:35 also Isa 33:11 of Israelites, bringing froth wind (of vain efforts for deliverance) Isa 26:18 ‎כְּפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֺ‎ Job 38:29 of Tyre as mother of her inhabitants Isa 23:4 of Jerusalem Isa 51:18; Isa 54:1; Isa 66:7; Isa 66:8; Ezek 16:20 Israel bearing disloyal children Hos 5:7 Jerusalem and Samaria, as Oholibah and Oholah Ezek 23:37 of Babylon Jer 50:12 of a day, as producing events ‎לֹאתֵֿדַע מַה יֵּ֫לֶד יוֺם‎ Prov 27:1 perhaps of God (figurative of rock ‎צוּר‎), as mother of Israel bringing forth with labour Deut 32:18 yet see

2. 2. less often beget:
a. literal, approximately 22 t., always with accusative; in Hexateuch a mark of J; Gen 4:18 (3 t. in verse); Gen 10:8; Gen 10:13; Gen 10:15; Gen 10:24 (twice in verse); Gen 10:26 = 1Chr 1:10; 1Chr 1:11; 1Chr 1:13; 1Chr 1:18 (twice in verse); 1Chr 1:20, Gen 22:23; Gen 25:3 (Deut 32:18 & Num 11:12 E are dubious; P uses Hiph`il), elsewhere Prov 17:21; Prov 23:23; Prov 23:24; Dan 11:6.
b. beget, figurative Ps 2:7 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s formally installing king into theocratic rights.

3. Zech 13:3 (twice in verse), of both parents (literally); Passive participle 3 t. = child 1Kgs 3:26; 1Kgs 3:27 where mother is named, 1Chr 14:4 where father named. Niph`al Perfect ‎נוֺלַד‎ 1Chr 2:3 + 6 t. + ‎הנּוֺלַדֿ‎ Gen 21:3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di); ‎נוּ֯לְּדוּ‎ Gen 3:5; Gen 20:8 (compare Ol<sup>§ 70, 2, R. 5</sup>); Imperfect ‎יִוָּלֵד‎ Gen 17:17 + 4 t.; ‎יִוָּ֑לֶד‎ Isa 66:8 ‎וַיִּוָּלֵד‎ Gen 4:18 + 2 t., etc.; Infinitive ‎הִוָּ֑לֶד‎ Gen 21:5 ‎הִוָָּֽלְדוֺ‎ Eccl 7:1 ‎הִוָּ˜לְדָהּ‎ Hos 2:5* Participle ‎נוֺלָד‎ 1Kgs 13:2 + 3 t. (Gen 21:3 see above); ‎נוֺלָדִים‎ Gen 48:5; 1Chr 7:21 — be born: of human beings, followed by ‎לְ‎ (born to such and such a man), Gen 4:18; Gen 10:1; Gen 17:17; Gen 21:3; Gen 21:5; Gen 46:20; Gen 48:5; Num 26:60; Deut 23:9*; 2Sam 3:2 (Qr), 2Sam 5:13; 2Sam 14:27; 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 2:9; 1Chr 3:1; 1Chr 3:4; 1Chr 3:5; 1Chr 20:6; 1Chr 20:8; 1Chr 22:9; 1Chr 26:6; Job 1:2 compare 1Kgs 13:2 without ‎לְ‎, Job 3:3; Job 38:21; Ps 78:6; 1Chr 7:21; Eccl 7:1 (‎טוֺב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טוֺב‎ ‎וְיוֺם הַמָּוֶת מִיּוֺם הִוָָּֽלְ˜דוֺ׃‎); metaphor of Israel (under figure of unfaithful wife) Hos 2:5* of nation, ‎גּוֺי‎, Isa 66:8 people, ‎עַם‎, Ps 22:32* of animals Lev 22:27; Deut 15:19 Participle ‎כָּלנָֿשִׁים וְהַנּוֺלָד מֵהֶם‎ Ezra 10:3 with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests, ‎רָ֑שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Eccl 4:14 he was born poor; ‎אֹהֵב הָרֵ֑ע וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד‎ Prov 17:17 ‎עַיִר פרא‎ ‎אדם יִוָּלֵד‎ Job 11:12; Job 15:7. Pi`el Infinitive ‎יַלֶּדְכֶן‎ Exod 1:16 Participle absolute ‎מְיַלֶּדֶת‎ Gen 35:17 + 2 t.; plural absolute ‎מְיִלְּדוֺת‎ Exod 1:15 + 5 t. in Exod 1 — cause (or help) to bring forth, namely, assist or tend as midwife Exod 1:16 followed by accusative; elsewhere only Participle feminine as substantive = midwife; Gen 35:17 (E), Gen 38:28 (J), Exod 1:15; Exod 1:17; Exod 1:18; Exod 1:19 (twice in verse); Exod 1:20; Exod 1:21 (E). Pu`al Perfect ‎יֻלַּד‎ Gen 4:26 + 13 t.; ‎יוּלַּד‎ Judg 18:29 ‎יֻלָּד֨‎ Gen 41:50 ‎יוּלָּ֑ד‎ Job 5:7 ‎יֻלְּדוּ‎ Gen 6:1 + 4 t. + 2Sam 3:2 Kt (Qr ‎וַיִּוָָּֽלְדוּ‎); ‎יֻלָּ֑דוּ‎ Ps 90:2, etc.; Participle (? compare Kö<sup>i. 433</sup>; Ges<sup>«GKC:52»§ 52</sup>, 2, R. 6) ‎הַיוּלָּד‎ Judg 13:8 (Bö<sup>ii. p. 244 passive Qal</sup>); i. q. Niph`al be born, followed by ‎לְ‎ of father Gen 4:26; Gen 6:1; Gen 10:21; Gen 10:25; Gen 24:15 (all J), Gen 41:50 (E), Gen 35:26; Gen 36:5; Gen 46:22; Gen 46:27 (all P), Judg 18:29; 2Sam 3:2; 2Sam 3:5; 2Sam 21:20; 2Sam 21:22; 1Chr 1:19; Jer 20:15 followed by ‎לְ‎ before grandmother's name Ruth 4:17 compare ‎לָ֫נוּ‎ Isa 9:5* followed by ‎לְ‎ of purpose, destiny, ‎אדם לעמל יוּלָּד֑‎ Job 5:7 ‎יֻלְּדוּ‎ ‎עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יוֺסֵף‎ Gen 50:23 (E; ⅏ ‎׳‎‎בִּימֵי יו‎, cit. Di) denoting recognition of children as his; no preposition Jer 20:14; Jer 22:26, compare Judg 13:8 (see above); figurative of foreigners incorporated in spiritual Zion Ps 87:4; Ps 87:5; Ps 87:6 of production of mountains Ps 90:2. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הוֺלִיד‎ Gen 11:27 +; ‎הוֺלִד‎ Num 26:58 ‎הֹלִיד‎ 1Chr 2:36 +; suffix ‎וְהוֺלִידָהּ‎ consecutive Isa 55:10 ‎הוֺלַדְ֫תָּ‎ Gen 48:6, etc.; Imperfect ‎יוֺלִיד‎ Gen 17:20; Eccl 6:3 ‎וַיּ֫וֺלֶד‎ Gen 5:3 +; 2 masculine singular ‎תּוֺלִיד‎ Deut 4:25 + 4 t.; ‎אוֺלִיד‎ Isa 66:9 Imperative ‎הוֺלִי֫דוּ‎ Jer 29:6 Infinitive absolute ‎הוֺלֵיד‎ Isa 59:4 construct suffix ‎הוֺלִידוֺ‎ Gen 5:4 + 16 t.; Participle ‎מוֺלִיד‎ Isa 66:9 ‎מוֺלִדִים‎ Jer 16:3 —

1. beget (a father a child) Gen 5:3; Gen 5:4 (twice in verse) + 56 t. in Genesis; Lev 25:45; Num 26:29; Num 26:58 (all these P, see below Qal) + Deut 4:25; Deut 28:41 (see Di), 1Chr 2:10 (twice in verse); 1Chr 2:11 (twice in verse) + 84 t. Chronicles; Ruth 4:18 + 8 t., Judg 11:1; 2Kgs 20:18 = Isa 39:7; Jer 29:6; Ezek 18:10; Ezek 18:14; Ezek 47:22; Eccl 5:13*; Eccl 6:3, compare Isa 45:10 also Jer 16:3 ‎אֲבוֺתָם הַמּוֺלִדִים‎ ‎אוֺתָם‎, compare frequently Assyr. abu banu§a, e.g. VR Jer 1:8 figurative of producing dewdrops Job 38:28 of causing the earth to bear grain Isa 55:10, causing Zion to bring forth Isa 66:9.

2. bear, only figurative Isa 59:4 (|| ‎הָרוֺ‎), of wicked, bringing forth iniquity (this favoured by context others, beget). Hoph`al Infinitive ‎חֻלֶּ֫דֶת‎ Gen 40:20; Ezek 16:5 ‎הוּלֶּ֫דֶת‎ Ezek 16:4 (Co as foregoing); only ‎אֶתֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎יוֺם ה‎ Gen 40:20; Ezek 16:4; Ezek 16:5 day of one's being born = birthday. Hithpa`el Imperfect ‎וַיִּתְיִלְּדוּ‎ Num 1:18 denominative from ‎תולדת‎ declared their pedigree (see Di).

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