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title: יַלְדָּה — girl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַלְדָּה (3207), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: girl. BDB 1906: n.f. girl damsel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַלְדָּה

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«יַלְדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **girl** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3207 · **BDB:** יַלְדָּה

### Glosses

girl (2); girls (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

girl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3207/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. girl damsel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3207/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. girl damsel;—abs. יַלְדָּה Gn 34:4 Jo 4:3; וִילָדוֹת Zc 8:5;—marriageable girl: of Dinah, daughter of Jacob Gn 34:4; opp. יֶלֶד Zc 8:5 Jo 4:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַלְדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3207/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.8.5/)

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וּרְחֹב֤וֹת הָעִיר֙ יִמָּ֣לְא֔וּ יְלָדִ֖ים וִֽילָד֑וֹת מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.open.places of the.city they.will.be.filled boys and girls playing in its.open places

*JPS 1917:* And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof.

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[Genesis 34:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.4/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר קַֽח־לִ֛י אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Shechem to Hamor father his (cmp) get for me (et) the girl (the) this to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'

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