H3205. yalad

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

Qal Perfect יָלַד‎ Genesis 4:18 (3 t. in verse) + 16 t.; יָלָ֑ד‎ Jeremiah 17:11; וְיָלַד‎ consecutive Psalm 7:15; suffix יְלָֽדְךָ‎ Deuteronomy 32:18; 2masculine singular suffix ילדתני‎ Jeremiah 2:27 Kt; Qr יְלִדְתָּנוּ‎ (Kö^{i. 410} Ges^{§ 70}, 2. R. 4); 1 singular suffix יְלִדְתִּ֫יךָ‎ Psalm 2:7; יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּ‎ Numbers 11:12, etc.; Imperfect יֵלֶד(יֹוםׅ‎ Proverbs 27:1; 3feminine singular תֵּלֵד‎ Genesis 17:17 6t.; וַתֵּ֫לֶד‎ 4:1 61t.; 2 feminine singular תֵּלְדִי‎ 3:16; אֵלֵד‎ 18:13; וָאֵלֵד‎ 1 Kings 3:17; יֵלְדוּ‎ Isaiah 65:23; 3feminine 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 3t.; לֶ֫דֶת‎ Genesis 4:2 10t.; 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 12t.; יֹלֶ֫דֶת‎ Genesis 17:19 4t.; יֹלַדְתְּ‎ 16:11 2t. (Kö^{i. 404 f.}; perhaps יֹלֶדֶת‎ intended by Kt, compare Sta^{§ 213 b}); suffix Proverbs 23:25; יוֺלַדְתּוֺ‎ 17:25; etc.; plural יֹלְדוֺת‎ Jeremiah 16:3; Passive participle יָלוּד‎ 1 Kings 3:26-27, construct יְלוּד‎ Job 14:1-2t.; plural יְלוּדִים‎ 1 Chronicles 14:4; —

1 bear, bring froth:

a. (a mother a child,) so commonly, approximately 208 t.; followed by accusative Genesis 3:16; 4:1 & constantly; accusative omitted 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; 31:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 14:5; 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) בְּלִדְתָּהּ וַתְּקַשׁ‎ Genesis 35:16 compare 35:17, 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; 21:3; 42:14; Jeremiah 6:24; 13:21; 22:23; 30:6; 49:24; 50:43; Psalm 48:7, compare Hosea 13:13; עלבֿרכים ילד‎ (Sta^{ZAW 1886, 143 ff.}) Genesis 30:3; 50:23 (compare Job 3:12).

c. figurative of wicked שָׁ֑קֶר וְיָלַד עָמָל וְהָרָה‎ Psalm 7:15 compare Job 15:35 also Isaiah 33:11; of Israelites, bringing froth wind (of vain efforts for deliverance) 26:18; יְלָדוֺ מִי שָׁמַיִם כְּפֹר‎ Job 38:29; of Tyre as mother of her inhabitants Isaiah 23:4 of Jerusalem 51:18; 54:1; 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 יוֺם יֵּ֫לֶד מַה לֹאתֵֿדַע‎ Proverbs 27:1; perhaps of God (figurative of rock צוּר‎), as mother of Israel bringing forth with labour Deuteronomy 32:18 yet see

2 less often beget:

a. literal, approximately 22 t., always with accusative; in Hexateuch a mark of J; Genesis 4:18 (3 t. in verse); 10:8, 13, 15, 24 (twice in verse); 10:26 = 1 Chronicles 1:10-11, 13, 18 (twice in verse); 1:20, Genesis 22:23; 25:3 (Deuteronomy 32:18 & Numbers 11:12 E are dubious; P uses Hiph`il), elsewhere Proverbs 17:21; 23:23-24, Daniel 11:6.

b. beget, figurative Psalm 2:7 of ׳י‎s formally installing king into theocratic rights.

3 Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse), of both parents (literally); Passive participle 3t. = child 1 Kings 3:26-27, where mother is named, 1 Chronicles 14:4 where father named.

Niph`al Perfect נוֺלַד‎ 1 Chronicles 2:3 6t. + הנּוֺלַדֿ‎ Genesis 21:3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di); נוּ֯לְּדוּ‎ 3:5; 20:8 (compare Ol^{§ 70, 2, R. 5}); Imperfect יִוָּלֵד‎ 17:17 4t.; יִוָּ֑לֶד‎ Isaiah 66:8; וַיִּוָּלֵד‎ Genesis 4:18 2t., etc.; Infinitive הִוָּ֑לֶד‎ 21:5; הִוָָּֽלְדוֺ‎ Ecclesiastes 7:1; הִוָּלְדָהּ‎ Hosea 2:5; Participle נוֺלָד‎ 1 Kings 13:2-3t. (Genesis 21:3 see above); נוֺלָדִים‎ 48:5; 1 Chronicles 7:21; — be born: of human beings, followed by לְ‎ (born to such and such a man), Genesis 4:18; 10:1; 17:17; 21:3, 5; 46:20; 48:5; Numbers 26:60; Deuteronomy 23:9; 2 Samuel 3:2 (Qr), 5:13; 14:27; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 9; 3:1, 4, 5; 20:6, 8; 22:9; 26:6; Job 1:2 compare 1 Kings 13:2; without לְ‎, Job 3:3; 38:21; Psalm 78:6; 1 Chronicles 7:21; Ecclesiastes 7:1 (הִוָָּֽלְדוֺ׃ מִיּוֺם הַמָּוֶת וְיוֺם טוֺב מִשֶּׁמֶן שֵׁם טוֺב‎); 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 מֵהֶם וְהַנּוֺלָד כָּלנָֿשִׁים‎ Ezra 10:3; with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests, ׳נ רָ֑שׁ‎ Ecclesiastes 4:14 he was born poor; יִוָּלֵד לְצָרָה וְאָח הָרֵ֑ע אֹהֵב‎ Proverbs 17:17; יִוָּלֵד אדם פרא עַיִר‎ Job 11:12; 15:7.

Pi`el Infinitive יַלֶּדְכֶן‎ Exodus 1:16 Participle absolute מְיַלֶּדֶת‎ Genesis 35:17 2t.; plural absolute מְיִלְּדוֺת‎ Exodus 1:15 5t. in Exodus 1; — cause (or help) to bring forth, namely, assist or tend as midwife 1:16 followed by accusative; elsewhere only Participle feminine as substantive = midwife; Genesis 35:17 (E), 38:28 (J), Exodus 1:15, 17, 18, 19 (twice in verse); 1:20-21, (E).

Pu`al Perfect יֻלַּד‎ Genesis 4:26 13t.; יוּלַּד‎ Judges 18:29; יֻלָּד֨‎ Genesis 41:50; יוּלָּ֑ד‎ Job 5:7; יֻלְּדוּ‎ Genesis 6:1 4t. + 2 Samuel 3:2 Kt (Qr וַיִּוָָּֽלְדוּ‎); יֻלָּ֑דוּ‎ Psalm 90:2, etc.; Participle (? compare Kö<sup>i. 433</sup>; Ges<sup>§ 52</sup>, 2, R. 6) הַיוּלָּד‎ Judges 13:8 (Bö<sup>ii. p. 244 passive Qal</sup>); i. q. Niph`al be born, followed by לְ‎ of father Genesis 4:26; 6:1; 10:21, 25; 24:15 (all J), 41:50 (E), 35:26; 36:5; 46:22, 27 (all P), Judges 18:29; 2 Samuel 3:2, 5; 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, יוּלָּד֑ לעמל אדם‎ Job 5:7; יוֺסֵף עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יֻלְּדוּ‎ Genesis 50:23 (E; יו ׳בִּימֵי ⅏‎, cit. Di) denoting recognition of children as his; no preposition Jeremiah 20:14; 22:26, compare Judges 13:8 (see above); figurative of foreigners incorporated in spiritual Zion Psalm 87:4; 87:5; 87:6; of production of mountains 90:2.

Hiph`il 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 17:20; Ecclesiastes 6:3; וַיּ֫וֺלֶד‎ Genesis 5:3 +; 2 masculine singular תּוֺלִיד‎ Deuteronomy 4:25 4t.; אוֺלִיד‎ Isaiah 66:9; Imperative הוֺלִי֫דוּ‎ Jeremiah 29:6; Infinitive absolute הוֺלֵיד‎ Isaiah 59:4; construct suffix הוֺלִידוֺ‎ Genesis 5:4 16t.; Participle מוֺלִיד‎ Isaiah 66:9; מוֺלִדִים‎ Jeremiah 16:3; —

1 beget (a father a child) Genesis 5:3-4, (twice in verse) + 56 t. in Genesis; Leviticus 25:45; Numbers 26:29, 58 (all these P, see below

Qal) + Deuteronomy 4:25; 28:41 (see Di), 1 Chronicles 2:10 (twice in verse); 2:11 (twice in verse) + 84 t. Chronicles; Ruth 4:18 8t., Judges 11:1; 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 39:7; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 18:10, 14; 47:22; Ecclesiastes 5:13; 6:3, compare Isaiah 45:10; also Jeremiah 16:3 אוֺתָם הַמּוֺלִדִים אֲבוֺתָם‎, compare frequently Assyr. abu banu§a, 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 66:9.

2 bear, only figurative Isaiah 59:4 ("" הָרוֺ‎), of wicked, bringing forth iniquity (this favoured by context others, beget).

Hoph`al Infinitive חֻלֶּ֫דֶת‎ Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:5; הוּלֶּ֫דֶת‎ 16:4 (Co as foregoing); only ה ׳יוֺם אֶתֿ‎ Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:4-5, day of one's being born = birthday.

Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְיִלְּדוּ‎ Numbers 1:18 denominative from תולדת‎ declared their pedigree (see Di).