ילד

See also: י־ל־ד‎

Aramaic

Verb

ילד • (transliteration needed)

1. to bear children
2. to be born

Hebrew

Root
י־ל־ד‎ (y-l-d)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (יֶלֶד, yéled): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈje.led/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈjalad/
• (יָלַד, yalád): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jaˈlad/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jalad/

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 young (male) person.
2. (specifically) A son: a person's (male) offspring or occasionally, kin. (The exception in plural form is indicated below.)

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

3. (derogatory) An immature adult; kid, child.
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

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	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).

Usage notes

• Needless to say, this verb's masculine forms are exceedingly rare.

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		לֵד‎	לְדִי‎	לְדוּ‎	לֵדְנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced יָלַדְתֶּם‎ and יָלַדְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• הוליד‎ (holíd)
• יילד‎ (yiléd)

References

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

Anagrams

• דלי‎, ליד‎