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yld (e/a) vb. to give birth; C to produce
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Gpəˁalto give birth3 senses▶
1
to give birth
Common Aramaic
TrShem 2a:21↗ ומחבלתה בסכנה מן ילדן‏ : the woman in labor are in danger while birthing ; P Gn17:21↗ ܐܝܣܚܩ܂ ܕܬܐܠܕ ܠܟ ܣܪܐ‏ ; P Mt1:21↗ ܬܼܐܠܲܕ݂ ܕܸܝܢ ܒܪܵܐ܃ ܘܬ݂ܸܩܪܸܐ ܫܡܸܗ ܝܸܫܘ݂‏ ; BT Yev 65b(49)↗ איכו ילדת לי חדא כרסא‏ : would that you had born for me one (additional) womb (of children) ; PJ Gen4:2↗ ואוסיפת למילד מן בעלה אדם ית תיומתיה וית הבל‏ : from her husband Adam she bore further her twin girls and Abel
(1)
p.p. : see s.v. ylyd n.m.
2
to beget
Syr, JBA
P Job15:35↗ ܒܛܢܘ ܥܘ݂ܠܐ ܘܝܠܕܘ ܥܬܐ‏ : they conceived iniquity and begat deceit ; BT Mak 17b(2)↗ דילדא אימיה כר׳ שמעון תוליד ואי לא לא תוליד‏ : (if it is like) what PN's mother gives birth to, you should beget. If not, do not beget
3
metaph.: to produce, come up with
Syr, LJLA
P Prov27:1↗ ܠܐ ܬܫܬܒܗܪ ܠܝܘܡܐ ܕܡܚܪ܂ ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܝܕܥ ܐܢܬ ܡܢܐ ܝܠܕ‏ : do not be so sure about tomorrow, for you do not know what it will produce ; JSBhom 160:50↗ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܟܽܠܸܗ ܐܵܕܫܵܐ ܕܝܵܠܕܵܐ ܓܦܸܬܵܐ ܬܸܐܟܽܘܠ‏ : she should not eat any object that the vine produces ; TgProv27:1↗ דלא ידעת מה יליד יומא‏
Dpaˁˁelto serve as midwife for3 senses▶
1
to serve as midwife for
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr
TgO Ex1:16↗ כַד תִהוְיָן מְיַלְדָן יָת יְהוּדַיָתָא‏ : when you are helping the Jewesses give birth ; TN Ex1:16↗ כד תהוון מיילדין ית עברייתא‏ ; P Ez16:4↗ ܘܡܘܠܕܢܝܬܟܝ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܝܠܕܬܟܝ ܠܐ ܦܣܩܬ ܫܪܟܝ‏ : on the day your midwife helped you give birth she did not cut your umbilical cord
2
to give birth to many
LJLA
TgPs144:13↗ עננא מילדן אלפיא מפשן ריבבותא באשקקנא‏ : our flocks bear thousands, they make myriads numerous in our streets † 
3
(gram.) metaph.: to derive
Syr
ET 33:14 ܗܠܝܢ ܐܬܘ̈ܬܐ ܠܪܘܟܒܐ ܕܫܡ̈ܗܐ ܐܘ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܡܫܘܕܥ̈ܢܐ ܥܠ ܣܘܥܪܢܐ ܡܬܬܙܝܥܢܘ̈ܬܐ ܐܬܦܪܣܝܘ ܠܡܝܠܕܘ ܡ݂ܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܬܠܬ ܩܠܢܝ̈ܬܐ‏ : these letters for the composition of nouns or verbs indicating an event clearly derive vocalizations from these three vowels
Cˀafˁelto cause to bear, to beget3 senses▶
1
to cause to bear, to beget
Common Aramaic
4Q549 2..10↗ ואולד מנה לאור ואהר̇ו̇[ן‏ ; TgO Gen4:18↗ וְעִירָד אוֹלֵיד יָת מְחוּיָאֵל וֻמחִיָאֵל אוֹלֵיד יָת מְתוּשָאֵל וֻמתוּשָאֵל אוֹלֵיד יָת לָמַך‏ ; AphDem13.235:12↗ ܘܐܘܠܕ ܠܫܝܡ ܘܠܚܝܡ ܘܠܝܦܬ‏ ; BT Yev 62b(10)↗ נסיב אתתא ואוליד בני‏ : take a wife and beget children ; PJ Gen5:3↗ וחיא אדם מאה ותלתין שנין ואולד ית שת דדמי לאיקוניה ולדמותיה‏ : Adam lived for 130 years and begat Seth, who was like his form and shape
2
to assist at birth, serve as midwife for
Syr, JBA
P Ex1:16↗ ܡܐ ܕܗܘ̈ܝܢ ܐܢܬܝܢ ܡܘ̈ܠܕܢ ܠܥܒܪ̈ܝܬܐ‏ ; BT AZ 26a(45)↗ אולודי בשבת שרי משום איבה‏ : assisting (a gentile) at a birth on the Sabbath is permitted, because of "enmity"
3
metaph. to bear, produce
Syr
Geop 6:26↗ ܟܝܢܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥ ܂܂܂ ܕܡܘܠܕ ܟܠܡܕܡ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܕܢܙܕܪܥ ܒܗ‏ : the ground's nature that gives birth to everything that it has sown in it ; ThbK1 57:13↗ ܡܘܠܕܐ ܐܪܥܐ ܪܚܫܐ܂ ܘܡܝ̈ܐ݂ ܢܘ̈ܢܐ‏ : the earth produces vermin and the water-- fish ; AGnEx 27.6↗ ܐܘܠܕܬ ܗܘܬ ܐܪܥܐ ܟܠ ܥܣܒ ܒܗ ܒܬܠܝܬܝܐ‏
(1)
to cause, generate
Syr, JBA
Philox 495:7 ܥ݂ܠܬܐ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܐܘܠܕܬܗ‏ : that cause that produced [the sickness] ; MetTheo 351:a.27↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܝܬ ܒܗ ܥܠܬܐ ܡܘܠܕܬ ܩܠܐ‏ : because within it there is no cause that generates sound ; DeMundo 140:11↗ ܡܘܠܕ ܠܗ ܠܝܡܐ ܗܘ݁ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܕܗܘܪ̈ܢܝܩܝܐ ܘܕܩ̈ܨܦܝܐ‏ : it gives rise to that sea called of the Hyrcanians and of the Caspians ; BT Šab 48a(7)↗ התם אוקומי{ה} קא מוקים, הכא אולודי קא מוליד‏ : there he is just keeping things stable, here he is actually generating something ; BT Er 104a(40)↗ משום דאולודי קלא הא, ואולודי קלא בשבתא אסיר‏ : because it is generating a sound, and generating a sound (on the Sabbath) is prohibited
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to kindle (fire)
Syr
ESRef1 116:10 ܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܢܘܠܕ ܢܘܪܐ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܡܢ ܫܘܦܐ ܕܛܪܢܐ‏ : should someone produce fire in the desert by friction of flint
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be born3 senses▶
1
to be born
Common Aramaic
4Q540 1.:4↗ ביתא די יתילד בה‏ : the house in which he will be born ; GT F Lev22:27↗ תור או אימר או גדי ארום יתילד‏ ; Lag(376) John9:32↗ ܥܝܢ̈ܘܝ ܕܐܢܫ ܕܐܬ݁ܝܠܕ ܡܥܘܪ‏ : the eyes of a person who was born blind ; ChronEdess 3:19↗ ܘܒܫܢܬ ܬܠܬܡܐܐ ܘܬܫܥ݂܂ ܐܬܝܠܕ ܡܪܢ‏ : our Lord was born in the year 309 ; BT Tan 25a(39)↗ אפשר דמתילדת בשעתא דמזוני‏ : perhaps you will be born in a time of (plentiful) livelihood ; GY 50:9↗ uhaizak mitlid šlimun malka br dauid : then will King Solomon son of David be born ; TgJob5:7↗ ארום בר נש לליעות אתיליד‏ : for a person was born for toiling
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w. l_ : to have a child
Common Aramaic
NabTomb 36:2↗ lšˁydy brh wˀḥwhy mh dy ytyld lḥlpw dnh mn dkryn wlbnyhm wˀḥrhm : to his son PN1 and whatever of his male brethren that may be born to this PN2 and their sons and descendants ; TgO Gen4:26↗ וֻלשֵת אַף הוּא אִתִילֵיד בַר‏ : a son was also born to Seth ; GT D Gen48:5↗ תְרֵין בְנֵיךְ דּי אֶ̊תְ̊יַלֵדוּ לַךְ בְאַרְעָא דמצרים‏ ; OS LkSin2:11↗ ܕܐܬܝܠܕ ܠܟܘܢ ܝܘܡܢܐ ܡܚܝܢܐ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܡܕܝܢܬܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ‏ ; BT Šab 135a(24)↗ רב אדא בר אהבה אתיליד ליה ינוקא‏ : PN had a baby boy ; Anan 99:3ff.↗ בין דאתלידא בכשרות ובין דאתלידא בזנות‏ : whether she was born lawfully or was born from harlotry ; JohnBook 70:5↗ uailaikun rabunia ḏialda mitlid bˁurašlam : woe are you O rabbis, for the child is being born in Jerusalem ; PJ Gen4:18↗ ואיתייליד לחנוך ית עירד‏
2
to arise, originate
Syr
BHBS.M Min 1.2.4.1 ܪܸܕܝܐ ܕܪ̈ܓܠܬܐ ܕܡܢ ܥ̈ܝܢܬܐ ܗ݀ܢܝܢ ܕܒܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܡܬܝܠ̈ܕܢ‏ : the flow of those spring-fed streams that originate in the mountains
(1)
to appear
Gal, Syr, JBA
PalLaws1(1) 28:34↗ עד יתיילד לה מום‏ : until a blemish appears on it ; JSBhom 61:498↗ ܘܒܲܪ̈ܩܸܐ ܕܙܼܝܘܵܐ ܡܸܬܝܲܠܕܼܝܢ ܗ̄ܘܲܘ ܡܸܢ ܨܸܒ̈ܥܵܬܵܟ‏ : flashes of radiance were appearing from your fingers ; BT Yev 115a(20)↗ ואיתליד ביה מומא‏
(1)
(astron.) (new moon) to appear first
Syr, JBAg
Geop 13:8↗ ܂܂܂ ܣܗܪܐ ܕܢܬܝܠܕ܂ ܘܡܐ ܕܥܕܟܝܠ ܙܥܘܪ ܣܗܪܐ‏ : (when the) moon (begins) to appear and when the moon is still small ; IshGen 38:24↗ ܒܗ ܒܗ݀ܘ ܓܒܐ ܕܡܫܪܐ ܕܢܬܝܠܕ ܒܗ‏ : on that side where (the moon) begins to be seen ; IKI 3a:9 סיהרא דניסן דקא מתליד‏ : when the new moon of Nisan first appears
(2)
(year) to begin
Syr
Med 443: ܐܢ ܡܸܬ݂ܝܲܠܕܐ ܫܲܢ̄ܬܵܐ ܒܐܸܡܪܐ‏ : if the year begins in Aries
3
to come to pass, develop
Syr, JBA
JulSok 169(81):4↗ ܪܓܬܐ ܣܢܝܬܐ ܕܐܬܝܠܕܬ ܒܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܡܥܒܕܢܘܬܐ ܕܨܚܢܘܬܗܘܢ‏ : the ugly desire developed in them from their shameless activity ; BT Git 73a(36)↗ קבילו עליהו כל אונסא דמיתיליד אגור ארבי‏ : they hired a boatman, having accepted responsibility for any accident that might happen
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be derived2 senses▶
1
to be derived
Syr
ET 33:20 text not cited
2
to be born in large numbers
JLAtg, PTA
TgO Gen9:7↗ וְאַתוּן פוּשוּ וֻסגוֹ אִתיַלַדוּ בארעא וֻסגוֹ בַה‏ ; TN Gen9:7↗ ואתון תקופו וסגון ואתילדון"שרוצו" בארעא‏
Ctˀettafˁalto be begotten, born1 sense▶
to be begotten, born
Syr, Man
SpSol4 26:10 ܟܒܪ ܕܝܢ ܒܝܕ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܐܬܐܘܠܕ܃ ܢܣܒܬ ܠܗ݀ ܡܢ ܟܕܘ ܡܠܬܐ ܦܘܫܩܗ݀‏ : perhaps, then, the matter has already taken its interpretation by means of those things that have been given birth ; AM 268:40↗ nuqbata nitaudilin : females will be born
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Mandaic: almost all verbal and nominal forms with metathesis, i.e. YDL but ethpe. ˁtlid; CPA imperfect with /o/ thematic vowel.
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For the reading as pael at P Ez16:4 see Biblical Hebrew cited in LS2.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 572[301]DJPA: 240bDJBA: 534bJastrow: 578Drower/Macuch: 189a 192aJ. Payne-Smith: 191fLevy Ch-W: 1:335Tal Sam: 345DNWSI: 456DCPA[Schulthess]: 162[83]DJA: 54bQumran: 102

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