STRONGS H3205:
Abbreviations
יָלַד 497 verb bear, bring forth, beget (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
יְלִיד,
יְלֵיד,
; Arabic
bear, bring forth, so Ethiopic
Assyrian
alâdu, COT
Gloss) —
Qal Perfect יָלַד Genesis 4:18 (
3 times in verse) +
16 times;
יָלָ֑ד Jeremiah 17:11;
וְיָלַד consecutive
Psalm 7:15; suffix
יְלָֽדְךָ Deuteronomy 32:18;
2nd person masculine singular suffix
ילדתני Jeremiah 2:27 Kt; Qr
יְלִדְתָּנוּ (Kö
i. 410 Ges
§ 70, 2. R. 4);
1st person singular suffix
יְלִדְתִּ֫יךָ Psalm 2:7;
יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּ Numbers 11:12, etc.;
Imperfect יֵלָד(יֹום) Proverbs 27:1;
3rd person feminine singular תֵּלֵד Genesis 17:17 +
6 times;
וַתֵּ֫לֶד Genesis 4:1 +
61 times;
2nd person feminine singular תֵּלְדִי Genesis 3:16;
אֵלֵד Genesis 18:13;
וָאֵלֵד 1 Kings 3:17;
יֵֽֽֽלְדוּ Isaiah 65:23;
3rd person feminine plural תֵּלַדְנָה Jeremiah 29:6;
וַתֵּלַדְנָה Ezekiel 23:4;
וַתֵּלַדְןָ Genesis 30:39, etc.;
Infinitive absolute יָלֹד Job 15:35; construct
לֵדָה Hosea 9:11 +
3 times;
לֶ֫דֶת Genesis 4:2 +
10 times;
לָלַת 1 Samuel 4:19 (Kö
i, 402, but probably text error Dr); suffix
לִדְתִּי 1 Kings 3:18, etc.;
Participle active יֹלֵד Proverbs 17:21;
Jeremiah 30:6, etc.; feminine
יוֺלֵדָה Hosea 13:13 +
12 times;
יֹלֶ֫דֶת Genesis 17:19 +
4 times;
יֹלַדְתְּ Genesis 16:11 +
2 times (Kö
i. 404 f.; perhaps
יֹלֶדֶת intended by Kt, compare Sta
§ 213 b); suffix
Proverbs 23:25;
יוֺלַדְתּוֺ Proverbs 17:25; etc.; plural
יֹלְדוֺת Jeremiah 16:3;
Passive participle יָלוּד 1 Kings 3:26,
27; construct
יְלוּד Job 14:1 +
2 times; plural
יְלוּדִים 1 Chronicles 14:4; —
1. bear, bring froth:
a. (a mother a child,) so commonly, approximately + 208 times; followed by accusative Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:1 & constantly; accusative omitted Genesis 6:2 etc. = be delivered of a child, 1 Kings 3:17, 18; 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3 (in proverb with negative, i.e. human power exhausted); of animals Genesis 30:39; Genesis 31:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 14:5; Jeremiah 17:11 (bird laying eggs, or hatching out young), Ezekiel 31:6; Job 39:1, 2; but also of whole process of labour (compare חול) וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ Genesis 35:16 compare Genesis 35:17, Genesis 38:27, 28, compare 1 Samuel 14:19; Jeremiah 31:18; Micah 5:2 (of a man, as preposterous, Jeremiah 30:6, compare Moses as mother of Israel Numbers 11:12).
b. hence in simile of distress Micah 4:9, 10; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 42:14; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Psalm 48:7, compare Hosea 13:13; ילד עלבֿרכים (StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 50:23 (compare Job 3:12).
c. figurative of wicked וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר Psalm 7:15 compare Job 15:35 also Isaiah 33:11; of Israelites, bringing froth wind (of vain efforts for deliverance) Isaiah 26:18; כְּפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֺ Job 38:29; of Tyre as mother of her inhabitants Isaiah 23:4 of Jerusalem Isaiah 51:18; Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 66:7, 8; Ezekiel 16:20; Israel bearing disloyal children Hosea 5:7; Jerusalem and Samaria, as Oholibah and Oholah Ezekiel 23:37; of Babylon Jeremiah 50:12; of a day, as producing events לֹאתֵֿדַע מַה יֵּ֫לֶד יוֺם Proverbs 27:1; perhaps of God (figurative of rock צוּר), as mother of Israel bringing forth with labour Deuteronomy 32:18 yet see 2.
2. less often beget:
a. literal, approximately + 22 times, always with accusative; in Hexateuch a mark of J; Genesis 4:18 (3 times in verse); Genesis 10:8, 13, 15, 24 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:26 = 1 Chronicles 1:10, 11, 13, 18 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 1:20, Genesis 22:23; Genesis 25:3 (Deuteronomy 32:18 & Numbers 11:12 E are dubious; P uses Hiph.), elsewhere Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 23:23, 24; Daniel 11:6.
b. beget, figurative Psalm 2:7 of י׳'s formally installing king into theocratic rights.
3. Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse), of both parents (literally); Passive participle + 3 times = child 1 Kings 3:26, 27 where mother is named, 1 Chronicles 14:4 where father named.
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Niph. Perfect נוֺלַד 1 Chronicles 2:3 +
6 times +
הנּוֺלַדֿ Genesis 21:3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di);
נוּ֯לְּדוּ Genesis 3:5;
Genesis 20:8 (compare Ol
§ 70, 2, R. 5);
Imperfect יִוָּלֵד Genesis 17:17 +
4 times;
יִוָּ֑לֶד Isaiah 66:8;
וַיִּוָּלֵד Genesis 4:18 +
2 times, etc.;
Infinitive הִוָּ֑לֶד Genesis 21:5;
הִוָּֽלְדוֹ Ecclesiastes 7:1;
הִוָּֽֽֽלְדָהּ Hosea 2:5;
Participle נוֺלָד 1 Kings 13:2 +
3 times (
Genesis 21:3 see above);
נוֺלָדִים Genesis 48:5;
1 Chronicles 7:21; —
be born: of human beings, followed by
לְ (born to such and such a man),
Genesis 4:18;
Genesis 10:1;
Genesis 17:17;
Genesis 21:3,
5;
Genesis 46:20;
Genesis 48:5;
Numbers 26:60;
Deuteronomy 23:9;
2 Samuel 3:2 (Qr),
2 Samuel 5:13;
2 Samuel 14:27;
1 Chronicles 2:3,
9;
1 Chronicles 3:1,
4,
5;
1 Chronicles 20:6,
8;
1 Chronicles 22:9;
1 Chronicles 26:6;
Job 1:2 compare
1 Kings 13:2; without
לְ,
Job 3:3;
Job 38:21;
Psalm 78:6;
1 Chronicles 7:21;
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (
טוֹבמִשֶּׁמֶן שֵׁם טוֹב הִוָּֽלְדֽוֹ׃ מִיּוֹם וְיוֹם); metaphor of Israel (under figure of unfaithful wife)
Hosea 2:5; of nation,
גּוֺי,
Isaiah 66:8; people,
עַם, Psalm 22:32; of animals
Leviticus 22:27;
Deuteronomy 15:19;
Participle כָּלנָֿשִׁים וְהַנּוֺלָד מֵהֶם Ezra 10:3; with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests,
רָ֑שׁ נ׳ Ecclesiastes 4:14 he was born poor;
אֹהֵב הָרֵ֑ע וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד Proverbs 17:17;
עַיִר פרא אדם יִוָּלֵד Job 11:12;
Job 15:7.
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Pi. Infinitive יַלֶּדְכֶן Exodus 1:16 Participle absolute מְיַלֶּדֶת Genesis 35:17 +
2 times;
plural absolute מְיִלְּדוֺת Exodus 1:15 +
5 times in
Exodus 1; —
cause (or
help)
to bring forth, namely,
assist or
tend as midwife Exodus 1:16 followed by accusative; elsewhere only
Participle feminine as substantive =
midwife;
Genesis 35:17 (E),
Genesis 38:28 (J),
Exodus 1:15,
17,
18,
19 (twice in verse);
Exodus 1:20,
21 (E).
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Pu. Perfect יֻלַּד Genesis 4:26 +
13 times;
יוּלַּד Judges 18:29;
יֻלָּד֨ Genesis 41:50;
יוּלָּ֑ד Job 5:7;
יֻלְּדוּ Genesis 6:1 +
4 times +
2 Samuel 3:2 Kt (Qr
וַיִּוָּֽלְדוּ);
יֻלָּ֑דוּ Psalm 90:2, etc.;
Participle (? compare Kö
i. 433; Ges
§ 52, 2, R. 6)
הַיוּלָּד Judges 13:8 (Bö
ii. p. 244 passive Qal); i.q. [the same as] Niph.
be born, followed by
לְ of father
Genesis 4:26;
Genesis 6:1;
Genesis 10:21,
25;
Genesis 24:15 (all J),
Genesis 41:50 (E),
Genesis 35:26;
Genesis 36:5;
Genesis 46:22,
27 (all P),
Judges 18:29;
2 Samuel 3:2,
5;
2 Samuel 21:20,
22;
1 Chronicles 1:19;
Jeremiah 20:15; followed by
לְ before grandmother's name
Ruth 4:17 compare
לָ֫נוּ Isaiah 9:5; followed by
לְ of purpose, destiny,
אדם לעמל יוּלָּד֑ Job 5:7;
יֻלְּדוּ עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יוֺסֵף Genesis 50:23 (E;
⅏ בִּימֵי יו׳, cit. Di) denoting recognition of children as his; no preposition
Jeremiah 20:14;
Jeremiah 22:26, compare
Judges 13:8 (see above); figurative of foreigners incorporated in spiritual Zion
Psalm 87:4;
Psalm 87:5;
Psalm 87:6; of production of mountains
Psalm 90:2.
Hiph. Perfect הוֺלִיד Genesis 11:27 +;
הוֺלִד Numbers 26:58;
הֹלִיד 1 Chronicles 2:36 +; suffix
וְהוֺלִידָהּ consecutive
Isaiah 55:10;
הוֺלַדְ֫תָּ Genesis 48:6, etc.;
Imperfect יוֺלִיד Genesis 17:20;
Ecclesiastes 6:3;
וַיּ֫וֺלֶד Genesis 5:3 +;
2nd person masculine singular תּוֺלִיד Deuteronomy 4:25 +
4 times;
אוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9;
Imperative הוֺלִי֫דוּ Jeremiah 29:6;
Infinitive absolute הוֺלֵיד Isaiah 59:4;
construct suffix
הוֺלִידוֺ Genesis 5:4 +
16 times;
Participle מוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9;
מוֺלִדִים Jeremiah 16:3; —
1. beget (a father a child) Genesis 5:3, 4 (twice in verse) + 56 times in Genesis; Leviticus 25:45; Numbers 26:29, 58 (all these P, see below Qal) + Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 28:41 (see Di), 1 Chronicles 2:10 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:11 (twice in verse) + 84 times Chronicles; Ruth 4:18 + 8 times, Judges 11:1; 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 39:7; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 18:10, 14; Ezekiel 47:22; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 6:3, compare Isaiah 45:10; also Jeremiah 16:3 אֲבוֺתָם הַמּוֺלִדִים אוֺתָם, compare frequently Assyr. abu banuûa, e.g. VR 1:8; figurative of producing dewdrops Job 38:28; of causing the earth to bear grain Isaiah 55:10, causing Zion to bring forth Isaiah 66:9.
2. bear, only figurative Isaiah 59:4 (|| הָרוֺ), of wicked, bringing forth iniquity (this favoured by context others, beget).
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Hoph. Infinitive חֻלֶּ֫דֶת Genesis 40:20;
Ezekiel 16:5;
הוּלֶּ֫דֶת Ezekiel 16:4 (Co as foregoing); only
אֶתֿ יוֺם ה׳ Genesis 40:20;
Ezekiel 16:4,
5 day of one's being born = birthday.
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Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְיִלְּדוּ Numbers 1:18 denominative from
תולדת declared their pedigree (see Di).
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Genesis
3:5; 3:16; 3:16; 4:1; 4:1; 4:2; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 4:26; 4:26; 5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 6:1; 6:1; 6:2; 10:1; 10:8; 10:13; 10:15; 10:21; 10:24; 10:25; 10:26; 11:27; 16:11; 17:17; 17:17; 17:17; 17:19; 17:20; 18:13; 20:8; 21:3; 21:3; 21:3; 21:5; 21:5; 22:23; 24:15; 25:3; 30:3; 30:39; 30:39; 31:8; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 35:17; 35:26; 36:5; 38:27; 38:28; 38:28; 40:20; 40:20; 41:50; 41:50; 46:20; 46:22; 46:27; 48:5; 48:5; 48:6; 50:23; 50:23
Exodus
1; 1:15; 1:15; 1:16; 1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 1:19; 1:20; 1:21
Leviticus
22:27; 25:45
Numbers
1:18; 11:12; 11:12; 11:12; 26:29; 26:58; 26:58; 26:60
Deuteronomy
4:25; 4:25; 15:19; 23:9; 28:41; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18
Judges
11:1; 13:8; 13:8; 18:29; 18:29
Ruth
4:17; 4:18
1 Samuel
4:19; 14:19
2 Samuel
3:2; 3:2; 3:2; 3:5; 5:13; 14:27; 21:20; 21:22
1 Kings
3:17; 3:17; 3:18; 3:18; 3:26; 3:26; 3:27; 3:27; 13:2; 13:2
2 Kings
19:3; 20:18
1 Chronicles
1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:18; 1:19; 1:20; 2:3; 2:3; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11; 2:36; 3:1; 3:4; 3:5; 7:21; 7:21; 14:4; 14:4; 20:6; 20:8; 22:9; 26:6
Ezra
10:3
Job
1:2; 3:3; 3:12; 5:7; 5:7; 11:12; 14:1; 15:7; 15:35; 15:35; 38:21; 38:28; 38:29; 39:1; 39:2
Psalms
2:7; 2:7; 7:15; 7:15; 48:7; 78:6; 87:4; 87:5; 87:6; 90:2; 90:2
Proverbs
17:17; 17:21; 17:21; 17:25; 23:23; 23:24; 23:25; 27:1; 27:1
Ecclesiastes
4:14; 5:13; 6:3; 6:3; 7:1; 7:1
Isaiah
9:5; 13:8; 21:3; 23:4; 26:18; 33:11; 37:3; 39:7; 42:14; 45:10; 51:18; 54:1; 55:10; 55:10; 59:4; 59:4; 65:23; 66:7; 66:8; 66:8; 66:8; 66:9; 66:9; 66:9
Jeremiah
2:27; 6:24; 13:21; 14:5; 16:3; 16:3; 16:3; 17:11; 17:11; 20:14; 20:15; 22:23; 22:26; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6; 30:6; 30:6; 30:6; 31:18; 49:24; 50:12; 50:43
Ezekiel
16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5; 16:20; 18:10; 18:14; 23:4; 23:37; 31:6; 47:22
Daniel
11:6
Hosea
2:5; 2:5; 5:7; 9:11; 13:13; 13:13
Micah
4:9; 4:10; 5:2
Zechariah
13:3