ילד

Aramaic

Verb

ילד • (transliteration needed)

1. to bear children
2. to be born

Hebrew

Root
י־ל־ד (y-l-d)
15 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad, “child”), وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld, “child”).

Pronunciation

• (יֶלֶד, yéled):
  • (reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /jald/
  • (Tiberian) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.lɛð/
  • (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /ˈje.led/

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• (יָלַד, yalád):
  • (reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /jaːˈlad/
  • (Tiberian) IPA^(key): /jɔ.ˈlað/
  • (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /jaˈlad/

Noun

יֶלֶד • (yéled) m (plural indefinite יְלָדִים, singular construct יֶלֶד־, plural construct יַלְדֵי־, feminine counterpart יַלְדָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy (a male child)
2. (specifically) a son (a person's (male) offspring or occasionally, kin [see usage note regarding the plural])

   כמה ילדים יש לכם? ― káma y'ladím yesh lakhém? ― How many children do you have? (inclusive m. & f.)

3. (derogatory) a child (an immature adult)
4. (among children and teenagers) used of a (male) peer of one's own age group

   ילד מהכתה שלי ― yéled meihakitá shelí ― a boy from my class

Usage notes

• In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the plural יְלָדִים is used to refer to children of mixed or indifferent sex while בָּנִים is used to specify boys in plural term.

Declension

Declension of יֶלֶד

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	יֶלֶד	first	יַלְדִּי		יַלְדֵּנוּ
	definite	הַיֶּלֶד	second	יַלְדְּךָ	יַלְדֵּךְ	יַלְדְּכֶם	יַלְדְּכֶן
	construct	יֶלֶד־	third	יַלְדּוֹ	יַלְדָּהּ	יַלְדָּם	יַלְדָּן
plural	indefinite	יְלָדִים	first	ילדיי / יְלָדַי		יְלָדֵינוּ
	definite	הַיְּלָדִים	second	יְלָדֶיךָ	ילדייך / יְלָדַיִךְ	יַלְדֵיכֶם	יַלְדֵיכֶן
	construct	יַלְדֵי־	third	יְלָדָיו	יְלָדֶיהָ	יַלְדֵיהֶם	יַלְדֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• גַּן יְלָדִים (gán y'ladím)

References

• H3206 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

יָלַד • (yalád) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹלַד)

1. (of a woman) to give birth ("to child"; beget a descendant)

Conjugation

Conjugation of יָלַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לָלֶדֶת
		action noun		יְלִידָה
		passive participle		יָלוּד
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	יָלַדְתִּי		יָלַדְנוּ
	second	יָלַדְתָּ	יָלַדְתְּ	יְלַדְתֶּם1	יְלַדְתֶּן1
	third	יָלַד	יָלְדָה	יָלְדוּ
present		יוֹלֵד	יוֹלֶדֶת	יוֹלְדִים	יוֹלְדוֹת
future	first	אֵלֵד		נֵלֵד
	second	תֵּלֵד	תֵּלְדִי	תֵּלְדוּ	תֵּלֵדְנָה2
	third	יֵלֵד	תֵּלֵד	יֵלְדוּ	תֵּלֵדְנָה2
imperative	positive	לֵד	לְדִי	לְדוּ	לֵדְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Commonly pronounced יָלַדְתֶּם and יָלַדְתֶּן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• הוליד (holíd)
• יילד (yiléd)

References

• H3205 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• י־ל־ד, דלי, ליד