יֶלֶד
yeled · yeh'-led
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3205 (יָלַד);
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of authority, the one who leads of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֶלֶד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
89 occurrences · 89 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the child10 · 17%
- children4 · 7%
- child4 · 7%
- the children3 · 5%
- sons3 · 5%
- of the child3 · 5%
- and the child3 · 5%
- with the young men2 · 3%
- that the child2 · 3%
- and the children2 · 3%
- the men children2 · 3%
- and their children2 · 3%
- him that the child2 · 3%
- and the young men2 · 3%
- of the young men2 · 3%
- and children2 · 3%
- and her children2 · 3%
- their young ones2 · 3%
- and a child1 · 2%
- against the child1 · 2%
- that the children1 · 2%
- also with her children1 · 2%
- they and their children1 · 2%
- and my children1 · 2%
- and a young man1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.