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yldh, yldtˀ (yallāḏā, yallādtā) n.f. one giving birth
1
one giving birth, mother
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
TgO Lev12:7↗ דָא אוֹרָיתָא דְיָלֵידתָא לִדכַר אוֹ לְנוּקבָא‏ : this is the law of the one giving birth be it for a male or for a female ; TN Lev12:7↗ דילדתה‏ ; FTV Gen25:22↗ צעריהן דיילדתא‏ : travail of mothers ; CPAHor 235:1↗ ܡܩܕܫܬܐ ܝܠܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : the virgin mother of God ; JS_Elijah 4:83↗ ܪܵܚܸܡ ܨܲܠ̈ܡܸܐ ܐܲܝܟ ܝܲܠܵܕܬܸܗ‏ : idol-lover like his mother ; JBABowl 78.1:10↗ וילדתא‏ ; PJ Lev12:7↗ text not cited
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one who bears many
Syr
BHNom 118:8↗ ܠܗܵܝ݁ ܕܡܢ ܓܸܢܣܵܐ ܕܝܲܠܵܕ̈ܵܬܵܐ ܙܵܕܸܩ ܠܡܸܓܒܵܐ‏ : it is right to choose (a wife) from a family of women who have many children
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fig.:
Syr
EphFid 3:13.2↗ ܒܥܘܒܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܝܠܕܬܗ‏
2
midwife
PTA, Syr
FTV Ex1:15↗ יילדתא עברייתא‏ : Hebrew midwives
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CPA also ܝܠܬܐ; note that this needs to be distinguished from the G . fem. sg. act. ptcp. yāldā, yāledt⁠with the same meaning
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See also the form ילתא at BT Giṭ 67b, traditionally taken as a PN.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 573[302]DJPA: 241aDJBA: 535bJastrow: 579Drower/Macuch: 184aPayne-Smith: 1595J. Payne-Smith: 192Tal Sam: 346bDCPA[Schulthess]: 162[83]BarBahlul: 845:20

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