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Lexicon :: Strong's H3205 - yālaḏ

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יָלַד
Transliteration
yālaḏ
Pronunciation
yaw-lad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 867

Strong’s Definitions

יָלַד yâlad, yaw-lad'; a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:—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).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x

The KJV translates Strong's H3205 in the following manner: beget (201x), bare (110x), born (79x), bring forth (25x), bear (23x), travail (16x), midwife (10x), child (8x), delivered (5x), borne (3x), birth (2x), labour (2x), brought up (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x
The KJV translates Strong's H3205 in the following manner: beget (201x), bare (110x), born (79x), bring forth (25x), bear (23x), travail (16x), midwife (10x), child (8x), delivered (5x), borne (3x), birth (2x), labour (2x), brought up (2x), miscellaneous (12x).
  1. to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bear, bring forth

        1. of child birth

        2. of distress (simile)

        3. of wicked (behaviour)

      2. to beget

    2. (Niphal) to be born

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cause or help to bring forth

      2. to assist or tend as a midwife

      3. midwife (participle)

    4. (Pual) to be born

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to beget (a child)

      2. to bear (fig. - of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

    6. (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)

    7. (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָלַד yâlad, yaw-lad'; a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:—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).
STRONGS H3205: Abbreviations
יָלַד 497 verb bear, bring forth, beget (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְלִיד, יְלֵיד, bdb040801; Arabic bdb040802 bear, bring forth, so Ethiopic bdb040803 Assyrian alâdu, COTGloss) —
Qal Perfect יָלַד Genesis 4:18 (3 times in verse) + 16 times; יָלָ֑ד Jeremiah 17:11; וְיָלַד consecutive Psalm 7:15; suffix יְלָֽדְךָ Deuteronomy 32:18; 2nd person masculine singular suffix ילדתני Jeremiah 2:27 Kt; Qr יְלִדְתָּנוּ (Köi. 410 Ges§ 70, 2. R. 4); 1st person singular suffix יְלִדְתִּ֫יךָ Psalm 2:7; יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּ Numbers 11:12, etc.; Imperfect יֵלָד(יֹום) Proverbs 27:1; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּלֵד Genesis 17:17 + 6 times; וַתֵּ֫לֶד Genesis 4:1 + 61 times; 2nd person feminine singular תֵּלְדִי Genesis 3:16; אֵלֵד Genesis 18:13; וָאֵלֵד 1 Kings 3:17; יֵֽֽֽלְדוּ Isaiah 65:23; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּלַדְנָה Jeremiah 29:6; וַתֵּלַדְנָה Ezekiel 23:4; וַתֵּלַדְןָ Genesis 30:39, etc.; Infinitive absolute יָלֹד Job 15:35; construct לֵדָה Hosea 9:11 + 3 times; לֶ֫דֶת Genesis 4:2 + 10 times; לָלַת 1 Samuel 4:19 (Köi, 402, but probably text error Dr); suffix לִדְתִּי 1 Kings 3:18, etc.; Participle active יֹלֵד Proverbs 17:21; Jeremiah 30:6, etc.; feminine יוֺלֵדָה Hosea 13:13 + 12 times; יֹלֶ֫דֶת Genesis 17:19 + 4 times; יֹלַדְתְּ Genesis 16:11 + 2 times (Köi. 404 f.; perhaps יֹלֶדֶת intended by Kt, compare Sta§ 213 b); suffix Proverbs 23:25; יוֺלַדְתּוֺ Proverbs 17:25; etc.; plural יֹלְדוֺת Jeremiah 16:3; Passive participle יָלוּד 1 Kings 3:26, 27; construct יְלוּד Job 14:1 + 2 times; plural יְלוּדִים 1 Chronicles 14:4; —
1. bear, bring froth:
a. (a mother a child,) so commonly, approximately + 208 times; followed by accusative Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:1 & constantly; accusative omitted Genesis 6:2 etc. = be delivered of a child, 1 Kings 3:17, 18; 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3 (in proverb with negative, i.e. human power exhausted); of animals Genesis 30:39; Genesis 31:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 14:5; Jeremiah 17:11 (bird laying eggs, or hatching out young), Ezekiel 31:6; Job 39:1, 2; but also of whole process of labour (compare חול) וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ Genesis 35:16 compare Genesis 35:17, Genesis 38:27, 28, compare 1 Samuel 14:19; Jeremiah 31:18; Micah 5:2 (of a man, as preposterous, Jeremiah 30:6, compare Moses as mother of Israel Numbers 11:12).
b. hence in simile of distress Micah 4:9, 10; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 42:14; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Psalm 48:7, compare Hosea 13:13; ילד עלבֿרכים (StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 50:23 (compare Job 3:12).
c. figurative of wicked וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר Psalm 7:15 compare Job 15:35 also Isaiah 33:11; of Israelites, bringing froth wind (of vain efforts for deliverance) Isaiah 26:18; כְּפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֺ Job 38:29; of Tyre as mother of her inhabitants Isaiah 23:4 of Jerusalem Isaiah 51:18; Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 66:7, 8; Ezekiel 16:20; Israel bearing disloyal children Hosea 5:7; Jerusalem and Samaria, as Oholibah and Oholah Ezekiel 23:37; of Babylon Jeremiah 50:12; of a day, as producing events לֹאתֵֿדַע מַה יֵּ֫לֶד יוֺם Proverbs 27:1; perhaps of God (figurative of rock צוּר), as mother of Israel bringing forth with labour Deuteronomy 32:18 yet see 2.
2. less often beget:
a. literal, approximately + 22 times, always with accusative; in Hexateuch a mark of J; Genesis 4:18 (3 times in verse); Genesis 10:8, 13, 15, 24 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:26 = 1 Chronicles 1:10, 11, 13, 18 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 1:20, Genesis 22:23; Genesis 25:3 (Deuteronomy 32:18 & Numbers 11:12 E are dubious; P uses Hiph.), elsewhere Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 23:23, 24; Daniel 11:6.
b. beget, figurative Psalm 2:7 of י׳'s formally installing king into theocratic rights.
3. Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse), of both parents (literally); Passive participle + 3 times = child 1 Kings 3:26, 27 where mother is named, 1 Chronicles 14:4 where father named.
Niph. Perfect נוֺלַד 1 Chronicles 2:3 + 6 times + הנּוֺלַדֿ Genesis 21:3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di); נוּ֯לְּדוּ 1 Chronicles 3:5; 1 Chronicles 20:8 (compare Ol§ 70, 2, R. 5); Imperfect יִוָּלֵד Genesis 17:17 + 4 times; יִוָּ֑לֶד Isaiah 66:8; וַיִּוָּלֵד Genesis 4:18 + 2 times, etc.; Infinitive הִוָּ֑לֶד Genesis 21:5; הִוָּֽלְדוֹ Ecclesiastes 7:1; הִוָּֽֽֽלְדָהּ Hosea 2:5 [Hosea 2:3]; Participle נוֺלָד 1 Kings 13:2 + 3 times (Genesis 21:3 see above); נוֺלָדִים Genesis 48:5; 1 Chronicles 7:21; — be born: of human beings, followed by לְ (born to such and such a man), Genesis 4:18; Genesis 10:1; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 21:3, 5; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:5; Numbers 26:60; Deuteronomy 23:9 [Deuteronomy 23:8]; 2 Samuel 3:2 (Qr), 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 14:27; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 3:1, 4, 5; 1 Chronicles 20:6, 8; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 26:6; Job 1:2 compare 1 Kings 13:2; without לְ, Job 3:3; Job 38:21; Psalm 78:6; 1 Chronicles 7:21; Ecclesiastes 7:1 (טוֹבמִשֶּׁמֶן שֵׁם טוֹב הִוָּֽלְדֽוֹ׃ מִיּוֹם וְיוֹם); metaphor of Israel (under figure of unfaithful wife) Hosea 2:5 [Hosea 2:3]; of nation, גּוֺי, Isaiah 66:8; people, עַם, Psalm 22:32; of animals Leviticus 22:27; Deuteronomy 15:19; Participle כָּלנָֿשִׁים וְהַנּוֺלָד מֵהֶם Ezra 10:3; with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests, רָ֑שׁ נ׳ Ecclesiastes 4:14 he was born poor; אֹהֵב הָרֵ֑ע וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד Proverbs 17:17; עַיִר פרא אדם יִוָּלֵד Job 11:12; Job 15:7.
Pi. Infinitive יַלֶּדְכֶן Exodus 1:16 Participle absolute מְיַלֶּדֶת Genesis 35:17 + 2 times; plural absolute מְיִלְּדוֺת Exodus 1:15 + 5 times in Exodus 1; — cause (or help) to bring forth, namely, assist or tend as midwife Exodus 1:16 followed by accusative; elsewhere only Participle feminine as substantive = midwife; Genesis 35:17 (E), Genesis 38:28 (J), Exodus 1:15, 17, 18, 19 (twice in verse); Exodus 1:20, 21 (E).
Pu. Perfect יֻלַּד Genesis 4:26 + 13 times; יוּלַּד Judges 18:29; יֻלָּד֨ Genesis 41:50; יוּלָּ֑ד Job 5:7; יֻלְּדוּ Genesis 6:1 + 4 times + 2 Samuel 3:2 Kt (Qr וַיִּוָּֽלְדוּ); יֻלָּ֑דוּ Psalm 90:2, etc.; Participle (? compare Köi. 433; Ges§ 52, 2, R. 6) הַיוּלָּד Judges 13:8 (Böii. p. 244 passive Qal); i.q. [the same as] Niph. be born, followed by לְ of father Genesis 4:26; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 10:21, 25; Genesis 24:15 (all J), Genesis 41:50 (E), Genesis 35:26; Genesis 36:5; Genesis 46:22, 27 (all P), Judges 18:29; 2 Samuel 3:2, 5; 2 Samuel 21:20, 22; 1 Chronicles 1:19; Jeremiah 20:15; followed by לְ before grandmother's name Ruth 4:17 compare לָ֫נוּ Isaiah 9:5; followed by לְ of purpose, destiny, אדם לעמל יוּלָּד֑ Job 5:7; יֻלְּדוּ עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יוֺסֵף Genesis 50:23 (E; בִּימֵי יו׳, cit. Di) denoting recognition of children as his; no preposition Jeremiah 20:14; Jeremiah 22:26, compare Judges 13:8 (see above); figurative of foreigners incorporated in spiritual Zion Psalm 87:4; Psalm 87:5; Psalm 87:6; of production of mountains Psalm 90:2.
Hiph. Perfect הוֺלִיד Genesis 11:27 +; הוֺלִד Numbers 26:58; הֹלִיד 1 Chronicles 2:36 +; suffix וְהוֺלִידָהּ consecutive Isaiah 55:10; הוֺלַדְ֫תָּ Genesis 48:6, etc.; Imperfect יוֺלִיד Genesis 17:20; Ecclesiastes 6:3; וַיּ֫וֺלֶד Genesis 5:3 +; 2nd person masculine singular תּוֺלִיד Deuteronomy 4:25 + 4 times; אוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9; Imperative הוֺלִי֫דוּ Jeremiah 29:6; Infinitive absolute הוֺלֵיד Isaiah 59:4; construct suffix הוֺלִידוֺ Genesis 5:4 + 16 times; Participle מוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9; מוֺלִדִים Jeremiah 16:3; —
1. beget (a father a child) Genesis 5:3, 4 (twice in verse) + 56 times in Genesis; Leviticus 25:45; Numbers 26:29, 58 (all these P, see below Qal) + Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 28:41 (see Di), 1 Chronicles 2:10 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:11 (twice in verse) + 84 times Chronicles; Ruth 4:18 + 8 times, Judges 11:1; 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 39:7; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 18:10, 14; Ezekiel 47:22; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 6:3, compare Isaiah 45:10; also Jeremiah 16:3 אֲבוֺתָם הַמּוֺלִדִים אוֺתָם, compare frequently Assyr. abu banuûa, e.g. VR 1:8; figurative of producing dewdrops Job 38:28; of causing the earth to bear grain Isaiah 55:10, causing Zion to bring forth Isaiah 66:9.
2. bear, only figurative Isaiah 59:4 (|| הָרוֺ), of wicked, bringing forth iniquity (this favoured by context others, beget).
Hoph. Infinitive חֻלֶּ֫דֶת Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:5; הוּלֶּ֫דֶת Ezekiel 16:4 (Co as foregoing); only אֶתֿ יוֺם ה׳ Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:4, 5 day of one's being born = birthday.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְיִלְּדוּ Numbers 1:18 denominative from תולדת declared their pedigree (see Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:16; 3:16; 4:1; 4:1; 4:2; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 4:26; 4:26; 5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 6:1; 6:1; 6:2; 10:1; 10:8; 10:13; 10:15; 10:21; 10:24; 10:25; 10:26; 11:27; 16:11; 17:17; 17:17; 17:17; 17:19; 17:20; 18:13; 21:3; 21:3; 21:3; 21:5; 21:5; 22:23; 24:15; 25:3; 30:3; 30:39; 30:39; 31:8; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 35:17; 35:26; 36:5; 38:27; 38:28; 38:28; 40:20; 40:20; 41:50; 41:50; 46:20; 46:22; 46:27; 48:5; 48:5; 48:6; 50:23; 50:23

Exodus

1; 1:15; 1:15; 1:16; 1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 1:19; 1:20; 1:21

Leviticus

22:27; 25:45

Numbers

1:18; 11:12; 11:12; 11:12; 26:29; 26:58; 26:58; 26:60

Deuteronomy

4:25; 4:25; 15:19; 23:8; 28:41; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18

Judges

11:1; 13:8; 13:8; 18:29; 18:29

Ruth

4:17; 4:18

1 Samuel

4:19; 14:19

2 Samuel

3:2; 3:2; 3:2; 3:5; 5:13; 14:27; 21:20; 21:22

1 Kings

3:17; 3:17; 3:18; 3:18; 3:26; 3:26; 3:27; 3:27; 13:2; 13:2

2 Kings

19:3; 20:18

1 Chronicles

1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:18; 1:19; 1:20; 2:3; 2:3; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11; 2:36; 3:1; 3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 7:21; 7:21; 14:4; 14:4; 20:6; 20:8; 20:8; 22:9; 26:6

Ezra

10:3

Job

1:2; 3:3; 3:12; 5:7; 5:7; 11:12; 14:1; 15:7; 15:35; 15:35; 38:21; 38:28; 38:29; 39:1; 39:2

Psalms

2:7; 2:7; 7:15; 7:15; 48:7; 78:6; 87:4; 87:5; 87:6; 90:2; 90:2

Proverbs

17:17; 17:21; 17:21; 17:25; 23:23; 23:24; 23:25; 27:1; 27:1

Ecclesiastes

4:14; 5:13; 6:3; 6:3; 7:1; 7:1

Isaiah

9:5; 13:8; 21:3; 23:4; 26:18; 33:11; 37:3; 39:7; 42:14; 45:10; 51:18; 54:1; 55:10; 55:10; 59:4; 59:4; 65:23; 66:7; 66:8; 66:8; 66:8; 66:9; 66:9; 66:9

Jeremiah

2:27; 6:24; 13:21; 14:5; 16:3; 16:3; 16:3; 17:11; 17:11; 20:14; 20:15; 22:23; 22:26; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6; 30:6; 30:6; 30:6; 31:18; 49:24; 50:12; 50:43

Ezekiel

16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5; 16:20; 18:10; 18:14; 23:4; 23:37; 31:6; 47:22

Daniel

11:6

Hosea

2:3; 2:3; 5:7; 9:11; 13:13; 13:13

Micah

4:9; 4:10; 5:2

Zechariah

13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3205 matches the Hebrew יָלַד (yālaḏ),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:14 - “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a [fn]virgin will be with child and bear H3205 a son, and she will call His name [fn]Immanuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:3 - So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Name him [fn]Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:6 - For a child will be born H3205 to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will [fn]rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - They will be terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will writhe like a woman in labor, H3205
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - For this reason my loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. H3205
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 - Be ashamed, O Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither travailed nor given H3205 birth, H3205
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give H3205 birth, H3205
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18 - We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We gave H3205 birth, H3205 as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world [fn]born.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 - “You have conceived [fn]chaff, you will give H3205 birth H3205 to stubble;
[fn]My breath will consume you like a fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to [fn]deliver. H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7 - ‘And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, H3205 will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14 - “I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor H3205 I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:10 - “Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ H3205
Or to a woman, ‘To what are you [fn]giving birth?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - “Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten H3205 these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And am barren, an exile and a wanderer?
And who has reared these?
Behold, I was left alone;
[fn]From where did these come?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:18 - There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne, H3205
Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - “Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne H3205 no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear H3205 and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one sues righteously and no one pleads [fn]honestly.
They trust in confusion and speak lies;
They conceive mischief and bring H3205 forth H3205 iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - “They will not labor in vain,
Or bear H3205 children for calamity;
For they are the [fn]offspring of those blessed by the LORD,
And their descendants with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before she travailed, she brought H3205 forth; H3205
Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8 - “Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Can a land be [fn]born in one day?
Can a nation be brought H3205 forth H3205 all at once?
As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought H3205 forth H3205 her sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 - “Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give H3205 delivery?” H3205 says the LORD.
“Or shall I who gives H3205 delivery H3205 shut the womb?” says your God.
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