BDB3544
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 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 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 1Kgs 3:20), 1Kgs 14:12; 1Kgs 17:21
(twice in verse);
1Kgs 17:22; 1Kgs 17:23; 2Kgs 4:1 (compare 2Kgs 4:5) 2Kgs 4:18 2Kgs 4:26 2Kgs 4:34 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 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).