3206. yeled

Lexicon

yeled: Child, boy, youth

Original Word: יֶלֶד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yeled
Pronunciation: yeh'-led
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-led)
Definition: Child, boy, youth
Meaning: something born, a lad, offspring

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

boy, child, fruit, son, young man one

From yalad; something born, i.e. A lad or offspring -- boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

see HEBREW yalad

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from yalad
Definition
child, son, boy, youth
NASB Translation
boy (7), boys (3), child (32), child's (2), children (27), lad (2), lads (1), young (3), young men (6), youths (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יֶ֫לֶד₈₉ noun masculine^{Genesis 21:8} child, son, boy, youth; — יֶּ֫לֶד absolute Genesis 4:23 +; construct Jeremiah 31:20; יָ֫לֶד Genesis 21:16 +; plural יְלָדִים Genesis 33:1 +; construct יַלְדֵי Exodus 2:6 2t.; יִלְדֵיֿ Isaiah 57:4; suffix יְלָדַי Genesis 30:26; 2 Kings 4:1; יַלְדֵיהֶם Job 21:11; יַלְדֵיהֶן Genesis 33:2 4t., etc.; —

a. child = son, boy, Genesis 21:8,14,15,16; Genesis 37:30; Genesis 42:32 (all E), Genesis 32:23 (Dinah not included), compare Genesis 30:26; Genesis 33:1,2(twice in verse); Genesis 33:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 33:6,7,13; Genesis 37:14; Genesis 44:20 (all J); Exodus 1:17,18 ("" בֵּן Exodus 1:16), Exodus 2:3,6 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:7,8,9 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:10 (all E), Exodus 21:4 (E; app. = sons + daughters, but "" בָּנָי֫ Exodus 21:5); plural = offspring Exodus 21:24 (E; Hexateuch, only Genesis & Exodus, J E); also Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:16; 2 Samuel 12:15,18 (4 t. in verse); 2 Samuel 12:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 12:21 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 12:22 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:25 (compare 1 Kings 3:20), 1 Kings 14:12; 1 Kings 17:21 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 17:22,23; 2 Kings 4:1 (compare 2 Kings 4:5) 2 Kings 4:18; 2 Kings 4:26; 2 Kings 4:34; 2 Kings 4:34; Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 9:5 ("" בֵּן), Joel 4:3(opposed to יַלְדָּה), Zechariah 8:5 (id.); of young of raven Job 38:41; of wild goats and hinds Job 39:3; of cow and bear Isaiah 11:7.

b. (little) child, children 1 Samuel 1:2 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 6:23; Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 12:43; Job 21:11 ("" עֲוִילִים), Hosea 1:2; Lamentations 4:10; Isaiah 57:5.

c. descendants Isaiah 29:23, יַלְדֵי נכרים (compare בֵּן) Isaiah 2:6.

d. youth Genesis 4:23 (J), 1 Kings 12:8,10,14 2Chron 10:8; 10:10; 10:14; Daniel 1:4; Daniel 1:10; Daniel 1:13; Daniel 1:15; Daniel 1:17 compare 2 Kings 2:24 ("" נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים 2 Kings 2:23), Ecclesiastes 4:13,15.

e. figurative of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע Isaiah 57:4 ("" זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר); compare, in good sense, ילד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים Jeremiah 31:20 of Ephraim ("" בֵּן יַקִּיר).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb יָלַד (yalad), meaning "to bear" or "to bring forth."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G730 (ἀνήρ, anēr): Man, male, husband.
• G3494 (νεανίας, neanias): A young man, youth.
• G3495 (νεανίσκος, neaniskos): A young man, youth.
• G3501 (νέος, neos): New, young.
• G3502 (νεότης, neotēs): Youth, youthful age.
• G3808 (παιδάριον, paidarion): A little child, young child.
• G3813 (παιδίον, paidion): A young child, infant.
• G3816 (παῖς, pais): A child, servant, boy, girl.
• G5043 (τέκνον, teknon): A child, descendant.
• G5207 (υἱός, huios): A son, descendant.

These Greek terms provide a range of meanings related to youth, offspring, and familial relationships, paralleling the Hebrew concept of "yeled" in various New Testament contexts.

Usage: The word "yeled" appears in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible, often used to describe children or young people. It can refer to both male and female offspring, though it is more commonly associated with boys or young men.

Context: • General Overview: The term "yeled" is frequently used in the Old Testament to describe children or young individuals. It is a common term that appears in narratives, legal texts, and poetic literature. The word emphasizes the youthfulness and potential of the individual, often highlighting their role within the family or community.
• Biblical Contexts:
• Genesis 21:8 (BSB): "So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned." Here, "yeled" refers to Isaac as a young child.
• Exodus 2:3 (BSB): "But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile." In this passage, "yeled" is used for Moses as an infant.
• 1 Samuel 1:24 (BSB): "Once she had weaned him, she took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh." Here, "yeled" refers to Samuel as a young boy.
• Theological Significance: The use of "yeled" often underscores themes of promise, potential, and divine intervention. Children in the biblical narrative are frequently seen as blessings and bearers of future hope, reflecting God's ongoing covenant with His people.

Forms and Transliterations

בַיֶּ֖לֶד בילד הַיְלָדִ֔ים הַיְלָדִ֕ים הַיְלָדִ֗ים הַיְלָדִ֣ים הַיְלָדִֽים׃ הַיְלָדִים֙ הַיֶּ֔לֶד הַיֶּ֖לֶד הַיֶּ֗לֶד הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ הַיֶּ֛לֶד הַיֶּ֜לֶד הַיֶּ֣לֶד הַיֶּ֤לֶד הַיֶּ֥לֶד הַיָּ֑לֶד הַיָּֽלֶד׃ הילד הילד׃ הילדים הילדים׃ וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם וְהַיְלָדִ֖ים וְהַיְלָדִ֤ים וְהַיְלָדִים֙ וְיֶ֖לֶד וְיֶ֥לֶד וְיַלְדֵ֣י וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן וִֽילָדִ֔ים וִֽילָדֶ֙יהָ֙ וִילָדֶ֖יהָ וִילָדֶ֗יהָ וּבְיַלְדֵ֥י ובילדי והילדים וילד וילדי וילדיה וילדיהם וילדיהן וילדים יְ֭לָדָיו יְלָדִ֔ים יְלָדִ֖ים יְלָדִ֣ים יְלָדִֽים׃ יְלָדֶ֔יהָ יְלָדֶ֖יהָ יְלָדַ֗י יְלָדַ֛י יְלָדָ֑יו יְלָדָ֞יו יִלְדֵי־ יֶ֣לֶד יֶ֥לֶד יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ן יַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן יָ֑לֶד ילד ילדי ילדי־ ילדיה ילדיהן ילדיו ילדים ילדים׃ לַיָּ֑לֶד לילד מִיַּלְדֵ֥י מילדי ḇay·ye·leḏ ḇayyeleḏ haiYaled haiYeled hay·lā·ḏîm hay·yā·leḏ hay·ye·leḏ haylaDim haylāḏîm hayyāleḏ hayyeleḏ laiYaled lay·yā·leḏ layyāleḏ mî·yal·ḏê mîyalḏê miyalDei ū·ḇə·yal·ḏê ūḇəyalḏê uveyalDei vaiYeled vehaylaDim veyalDei veyaldeiHem veyaldeiHen veYeled vilaDeiha vilaDim wə·hay·lā·ḏîm wə·yal·ḏê wə·yal·ḏê·hem wə·yal·ḏê·hen wə·ye·leḏ wəhaylāḏîm wəyalḏê wəyalḏêhem wəyalḏêhen wəyeleḏ wî·lā·ḏe·hā wî·lā·ḏîm wîlāḏehā wîlāḏîm yā·leḏ yal·ḏê·hen yalḏêhen yaldeiHen Yaled yāleḏ yə·lā·ḏāw yə·lā·ḏay yə·lā·ḏe·hā yə·lā·ḏîm ye·leḏ yelaDai yelaDav yəlāḏāw yəlāḏay yəlāḏehā yelaDeiha yelaDim yəlāḏîm Yeled yeleḏ yil·ḏê- yilḏê- yildei

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 4:23
HEB: הָרַ֙גְתִּי֙ לְפִצְעִ֔י וְיֶ֖לֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי׃
NAS: for wounding me; And a boy for striking
KJV: to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
INT: have killed wounding boy striking

Genesis 21:8
HEB: וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל הַיֶּ֖לֶד וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ
NAS: The child grew and was weaned,
KJV: And the child grew, and was weaned:
INT: grew the child was weaned made

Genesis 21:14
HEB: שִׁכְמָ֛הּ וְאֶת־ הַיֶּ֖לֶד וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶ֑הָ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ
NAS: [them] on her shoulder, and [gave her] the boy, and sent her away.
KJV: [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away:
INT: on her shoulder the boy and sent departed

Genesis 21:15
HEB: וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־ הַיֶּ֔לֶד תַּ֖חַת אַחַ֥ד
NAS: up, she left the boy under
KJV: and she cast the child under one
INT: the skin left the boy under one

Genesis 21:16
HEB: אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמ֣וֹת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב מִנֶּ֔גֶד
NAS: Do not let me see the boy die.
KJV: the death of the child. And she sat
INT: see die the boy down him

Genesis 30:26
HEB: נָשַׁ֣י וְאֶת־ יְלָדַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַ֧דְתִּי
NAS: [me] my wives and my children for whom
KJV: [me] my wives and my children, for
INT: Give my wives and my children whom have served

Genesis 32:22
HEB: אַחַ֥ד עָשָׂ֖ר יְלָדָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר אֵ֖ת
NAS: and his eleven children, and crossed
KJV: and his eleven sons, and passed over
INT: a ten children and crossed the ford

Genesis 33:1
HEB: וַיַּ֣חַץ אֶת־ הַיְלָדִ֗ים עַל־ לֵאָה֙
NAS: with him. So he divided the children among
KJV: And he divided the children unto Leah,
INT: men divided the children among Leah

Genesis 33:2
HEB: הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת וְאֶת־ יַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְאֶת־
NAS: the maids and their children in front,
KJV: the handmaids and their children foremost,
INT: put the maids and their children front and Leah

Genesis 33:2
HEB: וְאֶת־ לֵאָ֤ה וִֽילָדֶ֙יהָ֙ אַחֲרֹנִ֔ים וְאֶת־
NAS: and Leah and her children next,
KJV: and Leah and her children after,
INT: front and Leah children next and Rachel

Genesis 33:5
HEB: הַנָּשִׁים֙ וְאֶת־ הַיְלָדִ֔ים וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מִי־
NAS: the women and the children, and said,
KJV: the women and the children; and said,
INT: and saw the women and the children and said Who

Genesis 33:5
HEB: לָּ֑ךְ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הַיְלָדִ֕ים אֲשֶׁר־ חָנַ֥ן
NAS: with you? So he said, The children whom
KJV: with thee? And he said, The children which God
INT: are these said the children whom has graciously

Genesis 33:6
HEB: הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת הֵ֥נָּה וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃
NAS: came near with their children, and they bowed down.
KJV: came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
INT: the maids with their children bowed

Genesis 33:7
HEB: גַּם־ לֵאָ֛ה וִילָדֶ֖יהָ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֑וּ וְאַחַ֗ר
NAS: near with her children, and they bowed
KJV: And Leah also with her children came near,
INT: likewise Leah her children bowed and afterward

Genesis 33:13
HEB: יֹדֵ֙עַ֙ כִּֽי־ הַיְלָדִ֣ים רַכִּ֔ים וְהַצֹּ֥אן
NAS: knows that the children are frail
KJV: knoweth that the children [are] tender,
INT: knows that the children are frail the flocks

Genesis 33:14
HEB: לְפָנַי֙ וּלְרֶ֣גֶל הַיְלָדִ֔ים עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: me and according to the pace of the children, until
KJV: that goeth before me and the children be able to endure,
INT: are before to the pace of the children against I

Genesis 37:30
HEB: אֶחָ֖יו וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַיֶּ֣לֶד אֵינֶ֔נּוּ וַאֲנִ֖י
NAS: and said, The boy is not [there]; as for me, where
KJV: and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither
INT: brothers and said the boy else me

Genesis 42:22
HEB: אַל־ תֶּחֶטְא֥וּ בַיֶּ֖לֶד וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם
NAS: you, 'Do not sin against the boy; and you would not listen?
KJV: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear?
INT: not sin the child not hear

Genesis 44:20
HEB: אָ֣ב זָקֵ֔ן וְיֶ֥לֶד זְקֻנִ֖ים קָטָ֑ן
NAS: and a little child of [his] old age.
KJV: an old man, and a child of his old age,
INT: father an old child of old little

Exodus 1:17
HEB: וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־ הַיְלָדִֽים׃
NAS: had commanded them, but let the boys live.
KJV: them, but saved the men children alive.
INT: of Egypt live the boys

Exodus 1:18
HEB: וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־ הַיְלָדִֽים׃
NAS: this thing, and let the boys live?
KJV: and have saved the men children alive?
INT: this alive the boys

Exodus 2:3
HEB: בָּהּ֙ אֶת־ הַיֶּ֔לֶד וַתָּ֥שֶׂם בַּסּ֖וּף
NAS: Then she put the child into it and set
KJV: and put the child therein; and she laid
INT: and pitch put the child and set the reeds

Exodus 2:6
HEB: וַתִּרְאֵ֣הוּ אֶת־ הַיֶּ֔לֶד וְהִנֵּה־ נַ֖עַר
NAS: [it], she saw the child, and behold,
KJV: [it], she saw the child: and, behold, the babe
INT: opened saw the child and behold boy

Exodus 2:6
HEB: עָלָ֔יו וַתֹּ֕אמֶר מִיַּלְדֵ֥י הָֽעִבְרִ֖ים זֶֽה׃
NAS: is one of the Hebrews' children.
KJV: This [is one] of the Hebrews' children.
INT: on and said children of the Hebrews' This

Exodus 2:7
HEB: לָ֖ךְ אֶת־ הַיָּֽלֶד׃
NAS: that she may nurse the child for you?
KJV: that she may nurse the child for thee?
INT: the Hebrew may nurse the child

89 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3206
89 Occurrences

hay·yā·leḏ — 9 Occ.
hay·ye·leḏ — 26 Occ.
hay·lā·ḏîm — 17 Occ.
lay·yā·leḏ — 1 Occ.
mî·yal·ḏê — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·yal·ḏê — 1 Occ.
ḇay·ye·leḏ — 1 Occ.
wə·hay·lā·ḏîm — 3 Occ.
wə·yal·ḏê — 1 Occ.
wə·yal·ḏê·hem — 1 Occ.
wə·yal·ḏê·hen — 1 Occ.
wə·ye·leḏ — 2 Occ.
wî·lā·ḏe·hā — 3 Occ.
wî·lā·ḏîm — 1 Occ.
yal·ḏê·hen — 4 Occ.
yā·leḏ — 1 Occ.
yə·lā·ḏay — 2 Occ.
yə·lā·ḏāw — 3 Occ.
yə·lā·ḏe·hā — 2 Occ.
yə·lā·ḏîm — 5 Occ.
ye·leḏ — 3 Occ.
yil·ḏê- — 1 Occ.