יָלַדyâlad
bear, bring forth, beget
Pronunciation: yaw-lad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3205
Meanings
Qal: active (Genesis 4:18; Jeremiah 17:11; Psalms 7:15)
1. bear, bring forth
a. be delivered of a child (Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:1; Genesis 6:2)
c. bearing (Psalms 7:15; Job 15:35; Isaiah 33:11)
2. less often beget
b. beget (Psalms 2:7)
3. of both parents (literally); Passive participle 3 t. = child (Zechariah 13:3; 1 Kings 3:26; 1 Kings 3:27)
Niph`al: be born (1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 21:3; Genesis 3:5)
Pi`el: cause (or help) to bring forth, namely, assist or tend as midwife (Exodus 1:16; Genesis 35:17; Exodus 1:15)
Pu`al: i. q. Niph`al be born (Genesis 4:26; Judges 18:29; Genesis 41:50)
Hiph`il: construct (Genesis 11:27; Numbers 26:58; 1 Chronicles 2:36)
1. beget, (father a child) (Genesis 5:3; Genesis 5:4; Leviticus 25:45)
2. bear (Isaiah 59:4)
Hoph`al: = birthday (Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:5; Ezekiel 16:4)
Hithpa`el: denominative from תולדת (Numbers 1:18)
Same root
- אֲחִילוּדʼĂchîylûwd · H286Achilud, an Israelite
- יֶלֶדyeled · H3206something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
- יִלּוֹדyillôwd · H3209born
- יָלִידyâlîyd · H3211born
- מוֹלָדָהMôwlâdâh · H4137Moladah, a place in Palestine
- מוֹלֶדֶתmôwledeth · H4138nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
- מוֹלִידMôwlîyd · H4140Molid, an Israelite
- תּוֹלָדTôwlâd · H8434Tolad, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 496 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:16 Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”
- Genesis 4:1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”
- Genesis 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
- Genesis 4:17 Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
- Genesis 4:18 Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
See every passage
- Genesis 133 verses
- Exodus 13 verses
- Leviticus 5 verses
- Numbers 6 verses
- Deuteronomy 8 verses
- Judges 10 verses
- Ruth 10 verses
- 1 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 10 verses
- 1 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 83 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5 verses
- Ezra 1 verses
- Nehemiah 2 verses
- Job 15 verses
- Psalms 9 verses
- Proverbs 7 verses
- Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Isaiah 22 verses
- Jeremiah 18 verses
- Ezekiel 9 verses
- Daniel 1 verses
- Hosea 8 verses
- Micah 3 verses
- Zephaniah 1 verses
- Zechariah 1 verses
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).