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יָלַד

ya.ladto begetHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb496 occurrences28 books403 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Traditional renderings: 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָלַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

496 total
  1. Jeremiah 13:21לֵדָֽה׃ · in labor
    What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
  2. Jeremiah 14:5יָלְדָ֖ה · her newborn fawn
    Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
  3. Jeremiah 15:9יֹלֶ֣דֶת · The mother
    The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 15:10יְלִדְתִּ֗נִי · you have borne me
    Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
  5. Jeremiah 16:3הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת · who fathered; הַמּוֹלִדִ֥ים
    For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
  6. Jeremiah 17:11יָלָ֔ד · lay
    Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  7. Jeremiah 20:14יֻלַּ֖דְתִּי · I was born; יְלָדַ֥תְנִי · bore me
    Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
  8. Jeremiah 20:15יֻֽלַּד־ · is born
    Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
  9. Jeremiah 22:23כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה׃ · like a woman in labor
    O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
  10. Jeremiah 22:26יְלָדַ֔תְךָ · gave you birth; יֻלַּדְתֶּ֖ם · of you were born
    I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
  11. Jeremiah 29:6וְהוֹלִידוּ֮ · and have; וְתֵלַ֖דְנָה · so that they too may have
    Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
  12. Jeremiah 30:6יֹלֵ֖ד · give birth; כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה · like a woman in labor
    Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
  13. Jeremiah 31:8וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת · and women in labor
    Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  14. Jeremiah 49:24כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ · like a woman in labor
    Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
  15. Jeremiah 50:12יֽוֹלַדְתְּכֶ֑ם · she who bore you
    …your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
  16. Jeremiah 50:43כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ · like that of a woman in labor
    The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  17. Ezekiel 16:4הוּלֶּ֤דֶת
    On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
  18. Ezekiel 16:5הֻלֶּ֥דֶת · of your birth
    No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
  19. Ezekiel 16:20יָלַ֣דְתְּ · you bore
    You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
  20. Ezekiel 18:10וְהוֹלִ֥יד · Now suppose [that man] has
    Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
  21. Ezekiel 18:14הוֹלִ֣יד · suppose [this son] has
    Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
  22. Ezekiel 23:4וַתֵּלַ֖דְנָה · and gave birth to
    The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
  23. Ezekiel 23:37יָֽלְדוּ־ · they bore
    For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
  24. Ezekiel 31:6יָֽלְד֔וּ · gave birth
    All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
  25. Ezekiel 47:22הוֹלִ֥דוּ · have
    You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  26. Daniel 11:6וְהַיֹּ֣לְדָ֔הּ · and her father
    After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
  27. Hosea 1:3וַתֵּֽלֶד־ · and bore
    So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
  28. Hosea 1:6וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
  29. Hosea 1:8וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and gave birth to
    After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
  30. Hosea 2:3הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּ · of her birth
    Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
  31. Hosea 5:7יָלָ֑דוּ · they have borne
    They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
  32. Hosea 9:11מִלֵּדָ֥ה · with no birth
    Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
  33. Hosea 9:16יֵֽלֵד֔וּן · they bear children
    Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
  34. Hosea 13:13יֽוֹלֵדָ֖ה · Labor
    Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
  35. Micah 4:9כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ · like a woman in labor
    Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
  36. Micah 4:10כַּיּֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה · like a woman in labor
    Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
  37. Micah 5:3יוֹלֵדָ֖ה · she who is in labor; יָלָ֑דָה · has given birth
    Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
  38. Zephaniah 2:2לֶ֣דֶת · takes effect
    …before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
  39. Zechariah 13:3יֹֽלְדָיו֙ · who bore him; יֹלְדָ֖יו · who bore him
    And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.