Aramaic

Verb

ילד • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to bear children
2. to be born

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic وَلَد ‎(walad, “child”), وَلَدَ ‎(walada, “to give birth”), Ge'ez ወልድ ‎(wäld, “child”)

Pronunciation

• (יֶלֶד, yéled): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈje.led/
• (יָלַד, yalád): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jaˈlad/

Noun

יֶלֶד • ‎(yéled) m ‎(plural indefinite יְלָדִים, singular construct יֶלֶד־, plural construct יַלְדֵי־, feminine counterpart יַלְדָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy: a young (male) person.
2. (specifically) A son, a (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy: a person's (male) offspring.

   כמה ילדים יש לכם?‎ ― káma y'ladím yesh lakhém? ― How many children do you have?

3. (derogatory) An immature adult; kid, child.
4. (among children and teenagers) Used of a (male) peer of one's own age group.

   ילד מהכתה שלי‎ ― yéled meihakitá shelí ― a boy from my class

Usage notes

• In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the plural יְלָדִים is generally used to refer to children (of mixed or unknown sex) while בָּנִים is generally used to refer to boys.

References

• “H3206”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Verb

יָלַד • ‎(yalád) ‎(pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹלַד)

1. (of a woman) To give birth (to a child).

Usage notes

• Needless to say, this verb's masculine forms are exceedingly rare.

Conjugation

Related terms

• הוליד ‎(holíd)
• יילד ‎(yiléd)

References

• “H3205”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

• דלי, ליד