Lexical Definition

‎יֶלֶד‎ yeled (yeh'-led) youth ^H:N-M
from ‎יָלַד‎

boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

• something born, i.e. a lad or offspring

1) child, son, boy, offspring, youth
1a) child, son, boy
1b) child, children
1c) descendants
1d) youth
1e) apostate Israelites (fig.)

See Greek: ἄῤῥην · νεανίας · νεανίσκος · νέος · νεοσσός · παιδάριον · παιδίον · παῖς · τέκνον · υἱός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יֶ֫לֶד‎₈₉ noun masculine^{Gen 21:8} child, son, boy, youth; — ‎יֶּ֫לֶד‎ absolute Gen 4:23 +; construct Jer 31:20 ‎יָ֫לֶד‎ Gen 21:16 +; plural ‎יְלָדִים‎ Gen 33:1 +; construct ‎יַלְדֵי‎ Exod 2:6 + 2 t.; ‎יִלְדֵיֿ‎ Isa 57:4 suffix ‎יְלָדַי‎ Gen 30:26; 2Kgs 4:1 ‎יַלְדֵיהֶם‎ Job 21:11 ‎יַלְדֵיהֶן‎ Gen 33:2 + 4 t., etc.; —
a. child = son, boy, Gen 21:8; Gen 21:14; Gen 21:15; Gen 21:16; Gen 37:30; Gen 42:32 (all E), Gen 32:23* (Dinah not included), compare Gen 30:26; Gen 33:1; Gen 33:2 (twice in verse); Gen 33:5 (twice in verse); Gen 33:6; Gen 33:7; Gen 33:13; Gen 37:14; Gen 44:20 (all J); Exod 1:17; Exod 1:18 (|| ‎בֵּן‎ vExod 1:16), Exod 2:3; Exod 2:6 (twice in verse); Exod 2:7; Exod 2:8; Exod 2:9 (twice in verse); Exod 2:10 (all E), Exod 21:4 (E; app. = sons + daughters, but || ‎בָּנָי֫‎ vExod 21:5); plural = offspring Exod 21:24 (E; Hexateuch, only Genesis & Exodus, J E); also Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:16; 2Sam 12:15; 2Sam 12:18 (4 t. in verse); 2Sam 12:19 (twice in verse); 2Sam 12:21 (twice in verse); 2Sam 12:22 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 3:25 (compare v1Kgs 3:20), 1Kgs 14:12; 1Kgs 17:21 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 17:22; 1Kgs 17:23; 2Kgs 4:1 (compare v2Kgs 4:5) v2Kgs 4:18 v2Kgs 4:26 v2Kgs 4:34 v2Kgs 4:34; Isa 8:18; Isa 9:5* (|| ‎בֵּן‎), Joel 4:3* (opposed to ‎יַלְדָּה‎), Zech 8:5 (id.); of young of raven Job 38:41 of wild goats and hinds Job 39:3 of cow and bear Isa 11:7.
b. (little) child, children 1Sam 1:2 (twice in verse); 2Sam 6:23; Ezra 10:1; Neh 12:43; Job 21:11 (|| ‎עֲוִילִים‎), Hos 1:2; Lam 4:10; Isa 57:5.
c. descendants Isa 29:23, ‎יַלְדֵי נכרים‎ (compare ‎בֵּן‎) Isa 2:6.
d. youth Gen 4:23 (J), 1Kgs 12:8; 1Kgs 12:10; 1Kgs 12:14 = 2Chr 10:8; 2Chr 10:10; 2Chr 10:14; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:10; Dan 1:13; Dan 1:15; Dan 1:17 compare 2Kgs 2:24 (|| ‎נְעָרִים‎ ‎קְטַנִּים‎ v2Kgs 2:23), Eccl 4:13; Eccl 4:15.
e. figurative of apostate Israelites ‎יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע‎ Isa 57:4 (|| ‎זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר‎); compare, in good sense, ‎ילד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים‎ Jer 31:20 of Ephraim (|| ‎בֵּן יַקִּיר‎).

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