יֶ֫לֶד89 noun masculine[Gen 21:8] child, son, boy, youth; — יֶּ֫לֶד absolute [Gen 4:23] +; construct [Jer 31:20] יָ֫לֶד [Gen 21:16] +; plural יְלָדִים [Gen 33:1] +; construct יַלְדֵי [Exod 2:6] + 2 t.; יִלְדֵיֿ [Isa 57:4] suffix יְלָדַי [Gen 30:26]; [2Kgs 4:1] יַלְדֵיהֶם [Job 21:11] יַלְדֵיהֶן [Gen 33:2] + 4 t., etc.; —
\ \ a. child = son, boy, [Gen 21:8]; [Gen 21:14]; [Gen 21:15]; [Gen 21:16]; [Gen 37:30]; [Gen 42:32] (all E), [Gen 32:23] (Dinah not included), compare [Gen 30:26]; [Gen 33:1]; [Gen 33:2] (twice in verse); [Gen 33:5] (twice in verse); [Gen 33:6]; [Gen 33:7]; [Gen 33:13]; [Gen 37:14]; [Gen 44:20] (all J); [Exod 1:17]; [Exod 1:18] (|| בֵּן v[Exod 1:16]), [Exod 2:3]; [Exod 2:6] (twice in verse); [Exod 2:7]; [Exod 2:8]; [Exod 2:9] (twice in verse); [Exod 2:10] (all E), [Exod 21:4] (E; app. = sons + daughters, but || בָּנָי֫ v[Exod 21:5]); plural = offspring [Exod 21:24] (E; Hexateuch, only Genesis & Exodus, J E); also [Ruth 1:5]; [Ruth 4:16]; [2Sam 12:15]; [2Sam 12:18] (4 t. in verse); [2Sam 12:19] (twice in verse); [2Sam 12:21] (twice in verse); [2Sam 12:22] (twice in verse); [1Kgs 3:25] (compare v[1Kgs 3:20]), [1Kgs 14:12]; [1Kgs 17:21] (twice in verse); [1Kgs 17:22]; [1Kgs 17:23]; [2Kgs 4:1] (compare v[2Kgs 4:5]) v[2Kgs 4:18] v[2Kgs 4:26] v[2Kgs 4:34] v[2Kgs 4:34]; [Isa 8:18]; [Isa 9:5] (|| בֵּן), [Joel 4:3] (opposed to יַלְדָּה), [Zech 8:5] (id.); of young of raven [Job 38:41] of wild goats and hinds [Job 39:3] of cow and bear [Isa 11:7].
\ \ b. (little) child, children [1Sam 1:2] (twice in verse); [2Sam 6:23]; [Ezra 10:1]; [Neh 12:43]; [Job 21:11] (|| עֲוִילִים), [Hos 1:2]; [Lam 4:10]; [Isa 57:5].
\ \ c. descendants [Isa 29:23], יַלְדֵי נכרים (compare בֵּן) [Isa 2:6].
\ \ d. youth [Gen 4:23] (J), [1Kgs 12:8]; [1Kgs 12:10]; [1Kgs 12:14] = [2Chr 10:8]; [2Chr 10:10]; [2Chr 10:14]; [Dan 1:4]; [Dan 1:10]; [Dan 1:13]; [Dan 1:15]; [Dan 1:17] compare [2Kgs 2:24] (|| נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים v[2Kgs 2:23]), [Eccl 4:13]; [Eccl 4:15].
\ \ e. figurative of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע [Isa 57:4] (|| זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר); compare, in good sense, ילד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים [Jer 31:20] of Ephraim (|| בֵּן יַקִּיר).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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