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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 38:4וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
  2. Genesis 38:5וַתֵּ֣לֶד · Then she gave birth to; בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ · that she gave birth to him
    Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
  3. Genesis 38:27לִדְתָּ֑הּ · for [Tamar] to give birth
    When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
  4. Genesis 38:28בְלִדְתָּ֖הּ · as she was giving birth; הַמְיַלֶּ֗דֶת · so the midwife
    And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
  5. Genesis 40:20הֻלֶּ֣דֶת
    On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
  6. Genesis 41:50יֻלַּד֙ · were born; יָֽלְדָה־
    Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  7. Genesis 44:27יָֽלְדָה־ · bore
    And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
  8. Genesis 46:15יָֽלְדָ֤ה · born
    These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
  9. Genesis 46:18וַתֵּ֤לֶד · born
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
  10. Genesis 46:20וַיִּוָּלֵ֣ד · were born; יָֽלְדָה־
    Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  11. Genesis 46:22יֻלַּ֖ד · born
    These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
  12. Genesis 46:25וַתֵּ֧לֶד · born
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
  13. Genesis 46:27יֻלַּד־ · had been born
    And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
  14. Genesis 48:5הַנּוֹלָדִ֨ים · born
    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  15. Genesis 48:6הוֹלַ֥דְתָּ · born
    Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
  16. Genesis 50:23יֻלְּד֖וּ · were brought up
    He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
  17. Exodus 1:15לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת · midwives
    Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
  18. Exodus 1:16בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ · women give birth
    “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
  19. Exodus 1:17הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ · The midwives, however
    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  20. Exodus 1:18לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֔ת · the midwives
    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
  21. Exodus 1:19הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ · The midwives; הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת · a midwife; וְיָלָֽדוּ׃ · and give birth
    The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
  22. Exodus 1:20לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת · to the midwives
    So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
  23. Exodus 1:21הַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת · the midwives
    And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
  24. Exodus 2:2וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    …and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
  25. Exodus 2:22וַתֵּ֣לֶד · And she gave birth to
    And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
  26. Exodus 6:20וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and she bore
    And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
  27. Exodus 6:23וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and she bore
    And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
  28. Exodus 6:25וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and she bore
    Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
  29. Exodus 21:4וְיָלְדָה־ · and she bears
    If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
  30. Leviticus 12:2וְיָלְדָ֖ה · and gives birth to
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  31. Leviticus 12:5תֵלֵ֔ד · she gives birth to
    If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
  32. Leviticus 12:7הַיֹּלֶ֔דֶת · for a woman giving birth
    And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
  33. Leviticus 22:27יִוָּלֵ֔ד · is born
    “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
  34. Leviticus 25:45הוֹלִ֖ידוּ · are born
    You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
  35. Numbers 1:18וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ · and recorded their ancestry
    …and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
  36. Numbers 11:12יְלִדְתִּ֑יהוּ · give them birth
    Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
  37. Numbers 26:29הוֹלִ֣יד · the father of
    These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
  38. Numbers 26:58הוֹלִ֥ד · was the father of
    These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
  39. Numbers 26:59יָלְדָ֥ה · born; וַתֵּ֣לֶד · she bore
    …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
  40. Numbers 26:60וַיִּוָּלֵ֣ד · were born
    Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
  41. Deuteronomy 4:25תוֹלִ֤יד · you have
    After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
  42. Deuteronomy 15:19יִוָּלֵ֨ד · produced
    You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.
  43. Deuteronomy 21:15וְיָֽלְדוּ־ · bear
    If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,