STRONGS NUMBER H3205


Word Summary
yalad: to bear, bring forth, beget
Original Word: יָלַד
Transliteration: yalad
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-lad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bear, bring forth, beget
Meaning: to bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage
Strong's Concordance
bear, beget, birthday, born, make to bring forth children, young, bring up, calve,

A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage -- 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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3205. yalad

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

Qal Perfect יָלַדGenesis 4:18 (3 t. in verse) + 16 t.; יָלָ֑דJeremiah 17:11; וְיָלַד‎ consecutive Psalm 7:15; suffix יְלָֽדְךָDeuteronomy 32:18; 2masculine singular suffix ילדתניJeremiah 2:27 Kt; Qr יְלִדְתָּנוּ‎ (Köi. 410 Ges§ 70, 2. R. 4); 1 singular suffix יְלִדְתִּ֫יךָPsalm 2:7; יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּNumbers 11:12, etc.; Imperfect יֵלֶד(יֹוםׅProverbs 27:1; 3feminine singular תֵּלֵדGenesis 17:17 6t.; וַתֵּ֫לֶד4:1 61t.; 2 feminine singular תֵּלְדִי3:16; אֵלֵד18:13; וָאֵלֵד1 Kings 3:17; יֵלְדוּIsaiah 65:23; 3feminine plural תֵּלַדְנָהJeremiah 29:6; וַתֵּלַדְנָהEzekiel 23:4; וַתֵּלַדְןָGenesis 30:39, etc.; Infinitive absolute יָלֹדJob 15:35; construct לֵדָהHosea 9:11 3t.; לֶ֫דֶתGenesis 4:2 10t.; לָלַת1 Samuel 4:19 (Köi, 402, but probably text error Dr); suffix לִדְתִּי1 Kings 3:18, etc.; Participle active יֹלֵדProverbs 17:21; Jeremiah 30:6, etc.; feminine יוֺלֵדָהHosea 13:13 12t.; יֹלֶ֫דֶתGenesis 17:19 4t.; יֹלַדְתְּ16:11 2t. (Köi. 404 f.; perhaps יֹלֶדֶת‎ intended by Kt, compare Sta§ 213 b); suffix Proverbs 23:25; יוֺלַדְתּוֺ17:25; etc.; plural יֹלְדוֺתJeremiah 16:3; Passive participle יָלוּד1 Kings 3:26-27, construct יְלוּדJob 14:1-2t.; plural יְלוּדִים1 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 וַתְּקַשׁGenesis 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 (StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 30:3; 50:23 (compare Job 3:12).

c. figurative of wicked שָׁ֑קֶר וְיָלַד עָמָל וְהָרָהPsalm 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 כְּפֹרJob 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 לֹאתֵֿדַעProverbs 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 נוֺלַד1 Chronicles 2:3 6t. + הנּוֺלַדֿGenesis 21:3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di); נוּ֯לְּדוּ3:5; 20:8 (compare Ol§ 70, 2, R. 5); Imperfect יִוָּלֵד17:17 4t.; יִוָּ֑לֶדIsaiah 66:8; וַיִּוָּלֵדGenesis 4:18 2t., etc.; Infinitive הִוָּ֑לֶד21:5; הִוָָּֽלְדוֺEcclesiastes 7:1; הִוָּלְדָהּHosea 2:5; Participle נוֺלָד1 Kings 13:2-3t. (Genesis 21:3 see above); נוֺלָדִים48:5; 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 כָּלנָֿשִׁיםEzra 10:3; with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests, ׳נ רָ֑שׁEcclesiastes 4:14 he was born poor; יִוָּלֵד לְצָרָה וְאָח הָרֵ֑ע אֹהֵבProverbs 17:17; יִוָּלֵד אדם פרא עַיִרJob 11:12; 15:7.

Pi`el Infinitive יַלֶּדְכֶןExodus 1:16 Participle absolute מְיַלֶּדֶתGenesis 35:17 2t.; plural absolute מְיִלְּדוֺתExodus 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 יֻלַּדGenesis 4:26 13t.; יוּלַּדJudges 18:29; יֻלָּד֨Genesis 41:50; יוּלָּ֑דJob 5:7; יֻלְּדוּGenesis 6:1 4t. + 2 Samuel 3:2 Kt (Qr וַיִּוָָּֽלְדוּ‎); יֻלָּ֑דוּPsalm 90:2, etc.; Participle (? compare Köi. 433; Ges§ 52, 2, R. 6) הַיוּלָּדJudges 13:8 (Böii. p. 244 passive Qal); 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 לָ֫נוּIsaiah 9:5; followed by לְ‎ of purpose, destiny, יוּלָּד֑ לעמל אדםJob 5:7; יוֺסֵף עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יֻלְּדוּGenesis 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 הוֺלִידGenesis 11:27 +; הוֺלִדNumbers 26:58; הֹלִיד1 Chronicles 2:36 +; suffix וְהוֺלִידָהּ‎ consecutive Isaiah 55:10; הוֺלַדְ֫תָּGenesis 48:6, etc.; Imperfect יוֺלִיד17:20; Ecclesiastes 6:3; וַיּ֫וֺלֶדGenesis 5:3 +; 2 masculine singular תּוֺלִידDeuteronomy 4:25 4t.; אוֺלִידIsaiah 66:9; Imperative הוֺלִי֫דוּJeremiah 29:6; Infinitive absolute הוֺלֵידIsaiah 59:4; construct suffix הוֺלִידוֺGenesis 5:4 16t.; Participle מוֺלִידIsaiah 66:9; מוֺלִדִיםJeremiah 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 חֻלֶּ֫דֶתGenesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:5; הוּלֶּ֫דֶת16:4 (Co as foregoing); only ה ׳יוֺם אֶתֿGenesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:4-5, day of one's being born = birthday.

Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְיִלְּדוּNumbers 1:18 denominative from תולדתdeclared their pedigree (see Di).