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wld, wldˀ n.m. fetus, newborn
1
fetus
JLAtg, PTA, JBA, LJLA
TgO Ex21:22↗ וְיִמחוֹן אִיתְתָא מְעַדְיָא וְיִפְקוּן וַלדַהָא‏ : they strike a pregnant woman and her fetuses emerge ; TgJ Is13:18↗ וְקַשתָתְהוֹן עוּלֵימִין יְבַזְעָן וְעַל וְלַד מְעִין לָא יְרַחְמוּן‏ : their bows shall rip up youths and they will not be merciful to a womb's fetus ; GT FF Gen44:18↗ וִנְפַל כָּל וַלדָה מִ[מ]עֵי אּמֵה‏ : every fetus fell out of its mother's womb ; BT Šab 63b(8)↗ כבר נד ולד‏ : I have already miscarried [lit. my fetus has moved] ; TgRuth1:11↗ העוד כען אית לי וולדין במעיי‏ : do I now still have fetuses in my womb?
2
newborn
Gal, PTA, Sam, JBAg, Man
SR[1].42:2(11)↗ הדה איתתא כד ילדא דלא ענתה לא חיי ולדה‏ : when a woman does not give birth at the proper time, the child does not live ; GT E Gen38:28↗ ופשט וולדה ידה‏ : the newborn stuck out his hand ; MandAmulet 6:40 ↗ utˁdul bgua ulda : and she was giving birth to a newborn in it (the house)
(1)
offspring, young child
Palmyrene, Nabatean, JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Jud13:2↗ וְאִתְתֵיה עַקרָא וְלֵית לַה וְלַד‏ : his wife was barren and had no children ; TgTosPr Hos.2:1↗ סב לך איתת<א> זניתא ותליד לך וולדין דזנו‏ : take a harlot to bear you children of harlotry †
3
womb (only in expressions!)
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Ex13:2↗ כֹל בוּכרָא פָתַח כָל וַלדָא‏ ; TN Ex13:13↗ פתחי וולדא דחמרא‏ : the first born (lit.: womb openers) of an ass ; PJ Num8:16↗ פתח כל וולדא בוכריא כולהון‏
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In the meaning "offspring", a calque from Arabic; the LJLA example is quite meaningful in that regard.
According to Anan 61:18 a child may be so termed before age five.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 169bDJBA: 395bJastrow: 374Drower/Macuch: NALevy Ch-W: 1:208Tal Sam: 346DNWSI: 456DJA: 45a

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