יָלַד

Qal Perfect יָלַד 1 Mos 4,18 (3 t. in verse) + 16 t.; יָלָ֑ד Jer 17,11 וְיָלַד consecutive Sl 7,15 suffix יְלָֽדְךָ 5 Mos 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 Sl 2,7 יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּ 4 Mos 11,12, etc.; Imperfect יֵלֶד(יֹוםׅ Ord 27,1 3 feminine singular תֵּלֵד 1 Mos 17,17 + 6 t.; וַתֵּ֫לֶד 1 Mos 4,1 + 61 t.; 2 feminine singular תֵּלְדִי 1 Mos 3,16 אֵלֵד 1 Mos 18,13 וָאֵלֵד 1 Kong 3,17 יֵ˜לְדוּ Es 65,23 3 feminine plural תֵּלַדְנָה Jer 29,6 וַתֵּלַדְנָה Ezk 23,4 וַתֵּלַדְןָ 1 Mos 30,39, etc.; Infinitive absolute יָלֹד Job 15,35 construct לֵדָה Hos 9,11 + 3 t.; לֶ֫דֶת 1 Mos 4,2 + 10 t.; לָלַת 1 Sam 4,19 (Kö^{i, 402}, but probably text error Dr); suffix לִדְתִּי 1 Kong 3,18, etc.; Participle active יֹלֵד Ord 17,21; Jer 30,6, etc.; feminine יוֺלֵדָה Hos 13,13 + 12 t.; יֹלֶ֫דֶת 1 Mos 17,19 + 4 t.; יֹלַדְתְּ 1 Mos 16,11 + 2 t. (Kö^{i. 404 f.}; perhaps יֹלֶדֶת intended by Kt, compare Sta^{§ 213 b}); suffix Ord 23,25 יוֺלַדְתּוֺ Ord 17,25 etc.; plural יֹלְדוֺת Jer 16,3 Passive participle יָלוּד 1 Kong 3,26; 1 Kong 3,27 construct יְלוּד Job 14,1 + 2 t.; plural יְלוּדִים 1 Kron 14,4 —

1. bear, bring froth:
\ \ a. (a mother a child,) so commonly, approximately 208 t.; followed by accusative 1 Mos 3,16; 1 Mos 4,1 & constantly; accusative omitted 1 Mos 6,2 etc. = be delivered of a child, 1 Kong 3,17; 1 Kong 3,18; 2 Kong 19,3 = Es 37,3 (in proverb with negative, i.e. human power exhausted); of animals 1 Mos 30,39; 1 Mos 31,8 (twice in verse); Jer 14,5; Jer 17,11 (bird laying eggs, or hatching out young), Ezk 31,6; Job 39,1; Job 39,2 but also of whole process of labour (compare חול) וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ 1 Mos 35,16 compare v1 Mos 35,17, 1 Mos 38,27; 1 Mos 38,28, compare 1 Sam 14,19; Jer 31,18; Mik 5,2 (of a man, as preposterous, Jer 30,6, compare Moses as mother of Israel 4 Mos 11,12).
\ \ b. hence in simile of distress Mik 4,9; Mik 4,10; Es 13,8; Es 21,3; Es 42,14; Jer 6,24; Jer 13,21; Jer 22,23; Jer 30,6; Jer 49,24; Jer 50,43; Sl 48,7, compare Hos 13,13 ילד עלבֿרכים (Sta^{ZAW 1886, 143 ff.}) 1 Mos 30,3; 1 Mos 50,23 (compare Job 3,12).
\ \ c. figurative of wicked וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר Sl 7,15 compare Job 15,35 also Es 33,11 of Israelites, bringing froth wind (of vain efforts for deliverance) Es 26,18 כְּפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֺ Job 38,29 of Tyre as mother of her inhabitants Es 23,4 of Jerusalem Es 51,18; Es 54,1; Es 66,7; Es 66,8; Ezk 16,20 Israel bearing disloyal children Hos 5,7 Jerusalem and Samaria, as Oholibah and Oholah Ezk 23,37 of Babylon Jer 50,12 of a day, as producing events לֹאתֵֿדַע מַה יֵּ֫לֶד יוֺם Ord 27,1 perhaps of God (figurative of rock צוּר), as mother of Israel bringing forth with labour 5 Mos 32,18 yet see

2. 2. less often beget:
\ \ a. literal, approximately 22 t., always with accusative; in Hexateuch a mark of J; 1 Mos 4,18 (3 t. in verse); 1 Mos 10,8; 1 Mos 10,13; 1 Mos 10,15; 1 Mos 10,24 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 10,26 = 1 Kron 1,10; 1 Kron 1,11; 1 Kron 1,13; 1 Kron 1,18 (twice in verse); 1 Kron 1,20, 1 Mos 22,23; 1 Mos 25,3 (5 Mos 32,18 & 4 Mos 11,12 E are dubious; P uses Hiph`il), elsewhere Ord 17,21; Ord 23,23; Ord 23,24; Dan 11,6.
\ \ b. beget, figurative Sl 2,7 of ׳י's formally installing king into theocratic rights.

3. Zak 13,3 (twice in verse), of both parents (literally); Passive participle 3 t. = child 1 Kong 3,26; 1 Kong 3,27 where mother is named, 1 Kron 14,4 where father named. Niph`al Perfect נוֺלַד 1 Kron 2,3 + 6 t. + הנּוֺלַדֿ 1 Mos 21,3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di); נוּ֯לְּדוּ 1 Mos 3,5; 1 Mos 20,8 (compare Ol<sup>§ 70, 2, R. 5</sup>); Imperfect יִוָּלֵד 1 Mos 17,17 + 4 t.; יִוָּ֑לֶד Es 66,8 וַיִּוָּלֵד 1 Mos 4,18 + 2 t., etc.; Infinitive הִוָּ֑לֶד 1 Mos 21,5 הִוָָּֽלְדוֺ Praed 7,1 הִוָּ˜לְדָהּ Hos 2,5 Participle נוֺלָד 1 Kong 13,2 + 3 t. (1 Mos 21,3 see above); נוֺלָדִים 1 Mos 48,5; 1 Kron 7,21 — be born: of human beings, followed by לְ (born to such and such a man), 1 Mos 4,18; 1 Mos 10,1; 1 Mos 17,17; 1 Mos 21,3; 1 Mos 21,5; 1 Mos 46,20; 1 Mos 48,5; 4 Mos 26,60; 5 Mos 23,9; 2 Sam 3,2 (Qr), 2 Sam 5,13; 2 Sam 14,27; 1 Kron 2,3; 1 Kron 2,9; 1 Kron 3,1; 1 Kron 3,4; 1 Kron 3,5; 1 Kron 20,6; 1 Kron 20,8; 1 Kron 22,9; 1 Kron 26,6; Job 1,2 compare 1 Kong 13,2 without לְ, Job 3,3; Job 38,21; Sl 78,6; 1 Kron 7,21; Praed 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, Es 66,8 people, עַם, Sl 22,32 of animals 3 Mos 22,27; 5 Mos 15,19 Participle כָּלנָֿשִׁים וְהַנּוֺלָד מֵהֶם Ezr 10,3 with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests, רָ֑שׁ ׳נ Praed 4,14 he was born poor; אֹהֵב הָרֵ֑ע וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד Ord 17,17 עַיִר פרא אדם יִוָּלֵד Job 11,12; Job 15,7. Pi`el Infinitive יַלֶּדְכֶן 2 Mos 1,16 Participle absolute מְיַלֶּדֶת 1 Mos 35,17 + 2 t.; plural absolute מְיִלְּדוֺת 2 Mos 1,15 + 5 t. in 2 Mos 1,1–200 — cause (or help) to bring forth, namely, assist or tend as midwife 2 Mos 1,16 followed by accusative; elsewhere only Participle feminine as substantive = midwife; 1 Mos 35,17 (E), 1 Mos 38,28 (J), 2 Mos 1,15; 2 Mos 1,17; 2 Mos 1,18; 2 Mos 1,19 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 1,20; 2 Mos 1,21 (E). Pu`al Perfect יֻלַּד 1 Mos 4,26 + 13 t.; יוּלַּד Dom 18,29 יֻלָּד֨ 1 Mos 41,50 יוּלָּ֑ד Job 5,7 יֻלְּדוּ 1 Mos 6,1 + 4 t. + 2 Sam 3,2 Kt (Qr וַיִּוָָּֽלְדוּ); יֻלָּ֑דוּ Sl 90,2, etc.; Participle (? compare Kö<sup>i. 433</sup>; Ges<sup>«GKC:52»§ 52</sup>, 2, R. 6) הַיוּלָּד Dom 13,8 (Bö<sup>ii. p. 244 passive Qal</sup>); i. q. Niph`al be born, followed by לְ of father 1 Mos 4,26; 1 Mos 6,1; 1 Mos 10,21; 1 Mos 10,25; 1 Mos 24,15 (all J), 1 Mos 41,50 (E), 1 Mos 35,26; 1 Mos 36,5; 1 Mos 46,22; 1 Mos 46,27 (all P), Dom 18,29; 2 Sam 3,2; 2 Sam 3,5; 2 Sam 21,20; 2 Sam 21,22; 1 Kron 1,19; Jer 20,15 followed by לְ before grandmother's name Rut 4,17 compare לָ֫נוּ Es 9,5 followed by לְ of purpose, destiny, אדם לעמל יוּלָּד֑ Job 5,7 יֻלְּדוּ עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יוֺסֵף 1 Mos 50,23 (E; ⅏ ׳בִּימֵי יו, cit. Di) denoting recognition of children as his; no preposition Jer 20,14; Jer 22,26, compare Dom 13,8 (see above); figurative of foreigners incorporated in spiritual Zion Sl 87,4; Sl 87,5; Sl 87,6 of production of mountains Sl 90,2. Hiph`il Perfect הוֺלִיד 1 Mos 11,27 +; הוֺלִד 4 Mos 26,58 הֹלִיד 1 Kron 2,36 +; suffix וְהוֺלִידָהּ consecutive Es 55,10 הוֺלַדְ֫תָּ 1 Mos 48,6, etc.; Imperfect יוֺלִיד 1 Mos 17,20; Praed 6,3 וַיּ֫וֺלֶד 1 Mos 5,3 +; 2 masculine singular תּוֺלִיד 5 Mos 4,25 + 4 t.; אוֺלִיד Es 66,9 Imperative הוֺלִי֫דוּ Jer 29,6 Infinitive absolute הוֺלֵיד Es 59,4 construct suffix הוֺלִידוֺ 1 Mos 5,4 + 16 t.; Participle מוֺלִיד Es 66,9 מוֺלִדִים Jer 16,3 —

1. beget (a father a child) 1 Mos 5,3; 1 Mos 5,4 (twice in verse) + 56 t. in Genesis; 3 Mos 25,45; 4 Mos 26,29; 4 Mos 26,58 (all these P, see below Qal) + 5 Mos 4,25; 5 Mos 28,41 (see Di), 1 Kron 2,10 (twice in verse); 1 Kron 2,11 (twice in verse) + 84 t. Chronicles; Rut 4,18 + 8 t., Dom 11,1; 2 Kong 20,18 = Es 39,7; Jer 29,6; Ezk 18,10; Ezk 18,14; Ezk 47,22; Praed 5,13; Praed 6,3, compare Es 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 Es 55,10, causing Zion to bring forth Es 66,9.

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