--- title: יֶלֶד — child · The Tanakh dictionary description: יֶלֶד (3206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 89 times: child. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3206.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-3.md)‎ / יֶלֶד‎ # יֶלֶד «יֶלֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **child** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 89 times · **Key:** 3206 · **BDB:** יֶ֫לֶד ### Glosses children (26); child (24); boy (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) child [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3206/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3206/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 21:8 child, son, boy, youth—יֶ֫לֶד abs. Gn 4:23 +; cstr. Je 31:20; יָ֑לֶד Gn 21:16 +; pl. יְלָדִים 33:1 +; cstr. יַלְדֵי Ex 2:6 + 2 times; יִלְדֵי־ Is 57:4; sf. יְלָדַי Gn 30:26; 2 K 4:1; יַלְדֵיהֶם Jb 21:11; יַלְדֵיהֶן Gn 33:2 + 4 times, etc.;— child = son, boy, Gn 21:8, 14, 15, 16; 37:30; 42:22 (all E), 32:23 (Dinah not included), cf. 30:26; 33:1, 2(×2), 5(×2), 6, 7, 13, 14; 44:20 (all J); Ex 1:17, 18 (‖ בֵּן v 16), 2:3, 6(×2), 7, 8, 9(×2), 10 (all E), 21:4 (E; app. = sons + daughters, but ‖ בָּנָ֑י v 5); pl. = offspring 21:22 (E; Hex, only Gn \& Ex, JE); also Ru 1:5; 4:16; 2 S 12:15, 18(×4), 19(×2), 21(×2) 22(×2) 1 K 3:25 (cf. v 20), 14:12; 17:21(×2), 22, 23; 2 K 4:1 (cf. v 5) v 18, 26, 34(×2) Is 8:18; 9:5 (‖ בֵּן), Jo 4:3 (opp. יַלְדָּה), Zc 8:5 (id.); of young of raven Jb 38:41; of wild goats and hinds 39:3; of cow and bear Is 11:7. (little) child, children 1 S 1:2(×2) 2 S 6:23; Ezr 10:1 Ne 12:43 Jb 21:11 (‖ עֲוִילִים), Ho 1:2 La 4:10 Is 57:5. descendants Is 29:23, יַלְדֵי נכרים (cf. בֵּן) 2:6. youth Gn 4:23 (J), 1 K 12:8, 10, 14 = 2 Ch 10:8, 10, 14, Dn 1:4, 10, 13, 15, 17 cf. 2 K 2:24 (‖ נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים v 23), Ec 4:13, 15. fig. of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵי־פֶשַׁע Is 57:4 (‖ זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר); cf., in good sense, ילד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים Je 31:20 of Ephraim (‖ בֵּן יַקִּיר). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 71 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יֶלֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.3/) תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃ *Word for word:* they.kneel.down young their they.cleave.open labor-pains their they.send.forth *JPS 1917:* They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit. [Genesis 33:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.6/) וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָ הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת הֵ֥נָּה וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃ *Word for word:* and they.approached the maidservants they and children their and they.bowed.down *JPS 1917:* Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down. - ← previous: [יָלַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3205.md) - next →: [יַלְדָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3207.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-3.md)