yalid · born

What it means

yalid (יָלִיד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “born”.

"Born in the house": slaves born in their master's household, not bought.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The servant who was born in the master's house and belongs to the household.
2. Someone who descends from an ancestor, from his stock.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• descendants ×6
• those born ×3
• born ×2
• one born ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Leviticus×1
• Numbers×2
• Joshua×1
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Genesis 14:14

  When Abram heard that his brother had been taken captive, he called out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

• Genesis 17:12

  At the age of eight days every male among you shall be circumcised throughout your generations, the one born in the house and the one bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.

• Genesis 17:13

  He must surely be circumcised, the one born in your house and the one bought with your silver; and my covenant will be in your flesh as an eternal covenant.

• Genesis 17:23

  Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, as Elohim had told him.

• Genesis 17:27

  and all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with silver from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

• Leviticus 22:11

  But if a priest buys a person, the purchase of his silver, he may eat of it, and those born in his house, they may eat of his food.

• Numbers 13:22

  They went up into the Negev and came as far as Hebron; and there were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

• Numbers 13:28

  Only the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and we also saw the descendants of Anak there.

• Joshua 15:14

  And Caleb dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

• 2 Samuel 21:16

  And Ishbi-benob, who was one of the descendants of Rapha —the weight of his spear was three hundred shekels in weight of bronze, and he was girded with a new sword— said that he would strike David.

• 2 Samuel 21:18

  After this there was again war at Gob with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha.

• 1 Chronicles 20:4

  And it happened after this that war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai, of the descendants of the Rephaim; and they were subdued.

• Jeremiah 2:14

  Is Israel a slave? Or is he born in the house? Why has he become plunder?