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title: יָלִיד — born · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָלִיד (3211), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: born. BDB 1906: adj. born. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָלִיד

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«יָלִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **born** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 3211 · **BDB:** יָלִיד

### Glosses

those.born (7); one.born (4); (the).one.born (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3211/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3211/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. born, only cstr. יְלִיד Gn 17:12 + 4 times; pl. יְלִידֵי 14:14 + 6 times; בִּילִדֵי 2 S 21:18;—born, especially of slave יְלִיד בַּיִת born in (one’s) house (opp. purchased by money) Gn 17:12, 13, 27; Lv 22:11 (all P), cf. Je 2:14 where denied of Israel; יְלִידֵי בַיִת id. Gn 14:14; pl. elsewhere subst. = children, sons יל׳ הרפה 2 S 21:16, 18 cf. יל׳ הָרְפָאִים 1 Ch 20:4; יל׳ הענק Nu 13:22, 28 Jos 15:14 (all JE).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 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 «יָלִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3211/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.14/)

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הַעֶ֙בֶד֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־יְלִ֥יד בַּ֖יִת ה֑וּא מַדּ֖וּעַ הָיָ֥ה לָבַֽז׃

*Word for word:* a slave? \[is\].Israel or? one.born of.\[the\].household \[is\].it why? has.it.become (into) plunder

*JPS 1917:* Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey?

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[Genesis 17:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.27/)

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וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֖סֶף מֵאֵ֣ת בֶּן־נֵכָ֑ר נִמֹּ֖לוּ אִתּֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* and all the.men his.household his one.born of.\[the\].household and a.purchase of.silver from with a.son of.foreignness they.were.circumcised with him

*JPS 1917:* And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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