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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. Job 39:2לִדְתָּֽנָה׃ · they give birth
    Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
  2. Psalm 2:7יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃ · have become Your Father
    I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
  3. Psalm 7:14וְיָ֣לַד · and births
    Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  4. Psalm 22:31נ֝וֹלָ֗ד · yet unborn
    They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
  5. Psalm 48:6כַּיּוֹלֵֽדָה׃ · like a woman in labor
    Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
  6. Psalm 78:6יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ · yet to be born
    …that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
  7. Psalm 87:4יֻלַּד־ · was born
    “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
  8. Psalm 87:5יֻלַּד־ · were born
    And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
  9. Psalm 87:6יֻלַּד־ · one was born
    The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
  10. Psalm 90:2יֻלָּ֗דוּ · were born
    Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
  11. Proverbs 17:17יִוָּלֵֽד׃ · is born
    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
  12. Proverbs 17:21יֹלֵ֣ד · A man fathers
    A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
  13. Proverbs 17:25לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃ · to her who bore him
    A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
  14. Proverbs 23:22יְלָדֶ֑ךָ · gave you life
    Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
  15. Proverbs 23:24יוֹלֵד · and he who fathers
    The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
  16. Proverbs 23:25יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃ · and may she who gave you birth
    May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
  17. Proverbs 27:1יֵּ֥לֶד · may bring
    Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
  18. Ecclesiastes 3:2לָלֶ֖דֶת · to be born
    …a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
  19. Ecclesiastes 4:14נוֹלַ֥ד · he was born
    For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
  20. Ecclesiastes 5:14וְהוֹלִ֣יד · so when [that man] has
    …or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
  21. Ecclesiastes 6:3יוֹלִ֣יד · may father
    A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
  22. Ecclesiastes 7:1הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃ · of birth
    A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
  23. Song of Solomon 6:9לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ · who bore her
    …but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
  24. Song of Solomon 8:5יְלָדַֽתְךָ׃ · and brought you forth
    Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
  25. Isaiah 7:14וְיֹלֶ֣דֶת · and give birth
    Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
  26. Isaiah 8:3וַתֵּ֣לֶד · and gave birth to
    And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
  27. Isaiah 9:6יֻלַּד־ · is born
    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  28. Isaiah 13:8כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֖ה · like a woman in labor
    Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
  29. Isaiah 21:3יֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה · of a woman in labor
    Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
  30. Isaiah 23:4יָלַ֗דְתִּי · or given birth
    Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
  31. Isaiah 26:17לָלֶ֔דֶת · to give birth
    As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
  32. Isaiah 26:18יָלַ֣דְנוּ · we gave birth to
    We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
  33. Isaiah 33:11תֵּ֣לְדוּ · you give birth to
    You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
  34. Isaiah 37:3לְלֵדָֽה׃ · to deliver them
    …to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
  35. Isaiah 39:7תּוֹלִ֖יד · own flesh and blood
    And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
  36. Isaiah 42:14כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה · like a woman in labor
    “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
  37. Isaiah 45:10תּוֹלִ֑יד · have you begotten
    Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
  38. Isaiah 49:21יָֽלַד־ · has begotten
    Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
  39. Isaiah 51:18יָלָ֑דָה · she bore
    Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
  40. Isaiah 54:1יָלָ֑דָה · who bears no children
    “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
  41. Isaiah 55:10וְהוֹלִידָ֖הּ · making it bud
    For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
  42. Isaiah 59:4וְהוֹלֵ֥יד · and give birth to
    No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  43. Isaiah 65:23יֵלְד֖וּ · bear children
    They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.
  44. Isaiah 66:7יָלָ֑דָה · she gave birth
    “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
  45. Isaiah 66:8יִוָּ֥לֵֽד · be delivered; יָלְדָ֥ה · she gave birth to
    Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
  46. Isaiah 66:9אוֹלִ֖יד · deliver it; הַמּוֹלִ֛יד · who deliver
    Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
  47. Jeremiah 2:27יְלִדְתִּנִי · gave me birth
    …say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
  48. Jeremiah 6:24כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ · like that of a woman in labor
    We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.