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title: לֵדָה — girl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֵדָה (lemma:לֵדָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: girl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֵדָה

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«לֵדָה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:לֵדָה · **BDB:** לֵדָה

### Glosses

giving.birth (3); of.giving.birth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

girl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. ילד, Inf. cstr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֵדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5d3_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 9:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.11/)

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אֶפְרַ֕יִם כָּע֖וֹף יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף כְּבוֹדָ֑ם מִלֵּדָ֥ה וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* Ephraim like (the) bird it.will.fly.away glory their from giving.birth and from womb and from conception

*JPS 1917:* As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

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[Jeremiah 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.21/)

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מַה־תֹּֽאמְרִי֙ כִּֽי־יִפְקֹ֣ד עָלַ֔יִךְ וְ֠אַתְּ לִמַּ֨דְתְּ אֹתָ֥ם עָלַ֛יִךְ אַלֻּפִ֖ים לְרֹ֑אשׁ הֲל֤וֹא חֲבָלִים֙ יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ כְּמ֖וֹ אֵ֥שֶׁת לֵדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* what? will.you.say (dm) he.will.appoint over you and you you.taught them over you close.friends to chief ? not labor-pains will they.seize.you like a.woman of.giving.birth

*JPS 1917:* What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, whom thou thyself hast trained against thee? Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?

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