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title: יַלְדוּת — childhood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַלְדוּת (3208), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: childhood. BDB 1906: n.f. childhood, youth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַלְדוּת

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«יַלְדוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **childhood** — 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:** 3208 · **BDB:** יַלְדוּת

### Glosses

your.youth(s) (1); youth (1); youth(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

childhood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3208/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. childhood, youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3208/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. childhood, youth;—abs. יַלְדוּת Ec 11:10 (‖ שַׁחֲרוּת); יַלְדוּתֶ֑ךָ 11:9; = young men טַל יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ ψ 110:3.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַלְדוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3208/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 110:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.110.3/)

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עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּי֪וֹם חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽהַדְרֵי־קֹ֭דֶשׁמֵרֶ֣חֶם מִשְׁחָ֑ר לְ֝ךָ֗ טַ֣ל יַלְדֻתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* people your \[will.be\].freewill.offerings on the.day your.strength your in majesti(es) of.holiness from.\[the\] womb of.dawn \[will belong\].to.you the.dew your.youth(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.

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[Ecclesiastes 11:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.10/)

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וְהָסֵ֥ר כַּ֙עַס֙ מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְהַעֲבֵ֥ר רָעָ֖ה מִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־הַיַּלְד֥וּת וְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּת הָֽבֶל׃

*Word for word:* and remove vexation from heart your and put.away evil from flesh your (dm) (the) youth and the.black hair \[are\].futility

*JPS 1917:* Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

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