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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. Deuteronomy 23:8יִוָּלְד֥וּ · born
    The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
  2. Deuteronomy 25:6תֵּלֵ֔ד · she bears
    The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
  3. Deuteronomy 28:41תּוֹלִ֑יד · You will father
    You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
  4. Deuteronomy 28:57תֵּלֵ֔ד · she bears
    …the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
  5. Deuteronomy 32:18יְלָדְךָ֖ · who brought you forth
    You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
  6. Judges 8:31יָֽלְדָה־ · bore
    His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
  7. Judges 11:1וַיּ֥וֹלֶד · father
    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
  8. Judges 11:2וַתֵּ֧לֶד · bore him
    And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
  9. Judges 13:2יָלָֽדָה׃ · children
    Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
  10. Judges 13:3יָלַ֔דְתְּ · children; וְיָלַ֥דְתְּ · and give birth to
    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
  11. Judges 13:5וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ · and give birth to
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  12. Judges 13:7וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ · and give birth to
    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
  13. Judges 13:8הַיּוּלָּֽד׃ · who is to be born
    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
  14. Judges 13:24וַתֵּ֤לֶד · gave birth to
    So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
  15. Judges 18:29יוּלַּ֖ד · was born
    They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
  16. Ruth 1:12יָלַ֥דְתִּי · to bear
    Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
  17. Ruth 4:12יָלְדָ֥ה · bore
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  18. Ruth 4:13וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and she gave birth to
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  19. Ruth 4:15יְלָדַ֔תּוּ · has given him birth
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  20. Ruth 4:17יֻלַּד־ · has been born
    The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
  21. Ruth 4:18הוֹלִ֥יד · was the father of
    Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
  22. Ruth 4:19הוֹלִ֣יד · was the father of; הוֹלִ֥יד · was the father of
    Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,
  23. Ruth 4:20הוֹלִ֣יד · was the father of; הוֹלִ֥יד · was the father of
    Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
  24. Ruth 4:21הוֹלִ֣יד · was the father of; הוֹלִ֥יד · was the father of
    Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
  25. Ruth 4:22הוֹלִ֣יד · was the father of; הוֹלִ֥יד · was the father of
    Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
  26. 1 Samuel 1:20וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  27. 1 Samuel 2:5יָלְדָ֣ה · gives birth to
    The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
  28. 1 Samuel 2:21וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and gave birth to
    So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  29. 1 Samuel 4:19לָלַת֒ · and about to give birth; וַתֵּ֔לֶד · and gave birth
    Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
  30. 1 Samuel 4:20יָלָ֑דְתְּ · you have given birth to
    As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
  31. 2 Samuel 3:2וַיֵּלְדוּ · were born
    And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
  32. 2 Samuel 3:5יֻלְּד֥וּ · were born
    …and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.
  33. 2 Samuel 5:13וַיִּוָּ֥לְדּוּ · were born
    After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
  34. 2 Samuel 11:27וַתֵּ֥לֶד · and bore
    And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  35. 2 Samuel 12:15יָלְדָ֧ה · had borne
    After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
  36. 2 Samuel 12:24וַתֵּ֣לֶד · So she gave birth to
    Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
  37. 2 Samuel 14:27וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ · were born
    Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
  38. 2 Samuel 21:8יָלְדָ֣ה · had borne; יָלְדָ֛ה · had borne
    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
  39. 2 Samuel 21:20יֻלַּ֥ד · was descended
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
  40. 2 Samuel 21:22יֻלְּד֥וּ · descendants
    So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
  41. 1 Kings 1:6יָלְדָ֖ה · born
    (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
  42. 1 Kings 3:17וָאֵלֵ֥ד · and I gave birth
    One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
  43. 1 Kings 3:18לְלִדְתִּ֔י · after I gave birth
    On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.