יֶלֶד

יֶ֫לֶד₈₉ noun masculine^{1 Mos 21,8} child, son, boy, youth; — יֶּ֫לֶד absolute 1 Mos 4,23 +; construct Jer 31,20 יָ֫לֶד 1 Mos 21,16 +; plural יְלָדִים 1 Mos 33,1 +; construct יַלְדֵי 2 Mos 2,6 + 2 t.; יִלְדֵיֿ Es 57,4 suffix יְלָדַי 1 Mos 30,26; 2 Kong 4,1 יַלְדֵיהֶם Job 21,11 יַלְדֵיהֶן 1 Mos 33,2 + 4 t., etc.; —
\ \ a. child = son, boy, 1 Mos 21,8; 1 Mos 21,14; 1 Mos 21,15; 1 Mos 21,16; 1 Mos 37,30; 1 Mos 42,32 (all E), 1 Mos 32,23 (Dinah not included), compare 1 Mos 30,26; 1 Mos 33,1; 1 Mos 33,2 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 33,5 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 33,6; 1 Mos 33,7; 1 Mos 33,13; 1 Mos 37,14; 1 Mos 44,20 (all J); 2 Mos 1,17; 2 Mos 1,18 (|| בֵּן v2 Mos 1,16), 2 Mos 2,3; 2 Mos 2,6 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 2,7; 2 Mos 2,8; 2 Mos 2,9 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 2,10 (all E), 2 Mos 21,4 (E; app. = sons + daughters, but || בָּנָי֫ v2 Mos 21,5); plural = offspring 2 Mos 21,24 (E; Hexateuch, only Genesis & Exodus, J E); also Rut 1,5; Rut 4,16; 2 Sam 12,15; 2 Sam 12,18 (4 t. in verse); 2 Sam 12,19 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 12,21 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 12,22 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 3,25 (compare v1 Kong 3,20), 1 Kong 14,12; 1 Kong 17,21 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 17,22; 1 Kong 17,23; 2 Kong 4,1 (compare v2 Kong 4,5) v2 Kong 4,18 v2 Kong 4,26 v2 Kong 4,34 v2 Kong 4,34; Es 8,18; Es 9,5 (|| בֵּן), Joel 4,3 (opposed to יַלְדָּה), Zak 8,5 (id.); of young of raven Job 38,41 of wild goats and hinds Job 39,3 of cow and bear Es 11,7.
\ \ b. (little) child, children 1 Sam 1,2 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 6,23; Ezr 10,1; Neh 12,43; Job 21,11 (|| עֲוִילִים), Hos 1,2; Klg 4,10; Es 57,5.
\ \ c. descendants Es 29,23, יַלְדֵי נכרים (compare בֵּן) Es 2,6.
\ \ d. youth 1 Mos 4,23 (J), 1 Kong 12,8; 1 Kong 12,10; 1 Kong 12,14 = 2 Kron 10,8; 2 Kron 10,10; 2 Kron 10,14; Dan 1,4; Dan 1,10; Dan 1,13; Dan 1,15; Dan 1,17 compare 2 Kong 2,24 (|| נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים v2 Kong 2,23), Praed 4,13; Praed 4,15.
\ \ e. figurative of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע Es 57,4 (|| זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר); compare, in good sense, ילד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים Jer 31,20 of Ephraim (|| בֵּן יַקִּיר).