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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. Genesis 22:20יָלְדָ֨ה · borne
    Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
  2. Genesis 22:23יָלַ֣ד · became the father of; יָלְדָ֣ה · bore
    And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
  3. Genesis 22:24וַתֵּ֤לֶד · bore
    Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
  4. Genesis 24:15יֻלְּדָה֙ · was
    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
  5. Genesis 24:24יָלְדָ֖ה · bore
    She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
  6. Genesis 24:36וַתֵּ֡לֶד · has borne
    My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
  7. Genesis 24:47יָֽלְדָה־ · bore
    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  8. Genesis 25:2וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and she bore
    …and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
  9. Genesis 25:3יָלַ֔ד · was the father of
    Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
  10. Genesis 25:12יָלְדָ֜ה · bore
    This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
  11. Genesis 25:19הוֹלִ֥יד · became the father of
    This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
  12. Genesis 25:24לָלֶ֑דֶת · to give birth
    When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
  13. Genesis 25:26בְּלֶ֥דֶת · when [the twins] were born
    After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
  14. Genesis 29:32וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  15. Genesis 29:33וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
  16. Genesis 29:34וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to; יָלַ֥דְתִּי · I have borne
    Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
  17. Genesis 29:35וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to; מִלֶּֽדֶת׃ · having children
    And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
  18. Genesis 30:1יָֽלְדָה֙ · bearing
    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
  19. Genesis 30:3וְתֵלֵד֙ · that she may bear children
    Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
  20. Genesis 30:5וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and bore
    …and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
  21. Genesis 30:7וַתֵּ֕לֶד · and bore
    And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
  22. Genesis 30:9מִלֶּ֑דֶת · having children
    When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
  23. Genesis 30:10וַתֵּ֗לֶד · bore
    And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
  24. Genesis 30:12וַתֵּ֗לֶד · bore
    When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
  25. Genesis 30:17וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and bore
    And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
  26. Genesis 30:19וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and bore
    Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
  27. Genesis 30:20יָלַ֥דְתִּי · I have borne
    “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
  28. Genesis 30:21יָ֣לְדָה · Leah gave birth to
    After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
  29. Genesis 30:23וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    …and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
  30. Genesis 30:25יָלְדָ֥ה · had given birth to
    Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
  31. Genesis 30:39וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ · And they bore
    …they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
  32. Genesis 31:8וְיָלְד֥וּ · bore; וְיָלְד֥וּ · bore
    If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
  33. Genesis 31:43יָלָֽדוּ׃ · they have borne
    But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
  34. Genesis 34:1יָלְדָ֖ה · had borne
    Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
  35. Genesis 35:16וַתֵּ֥לֶד · began to give birth; בְּלִדְתָּֽהּ׃ · and her labor
    Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
  36. Genesis 35:17בְּלִדְתָּ֑הּ · labor; הַמְיַלֶּ֙דֶת֙ · the midwife
    During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
  37. Genesis 35:26יֻלַּד־ · were born
    And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
  38. Genesis 36:4וַתֵּ֧לֶד · bore; יָלְדָ֖ה · gave birth to
    And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
  39. Genesis 36:5יָֽלְדָ֔ה · gave birth to; יֻלְּדוּ־ · were born
    …and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  40. Genesis 36:12וַתֵּ֥לֶד · gave birth to
    Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
  41. Genesis 36:14וַתֵּ֣לֶד · whom she bore
    These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
  42. Genesis 38:3וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.