יַלְדָּה
yaldâh · H3207 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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girl
A female child
ExamplesGenesis 34:4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
Zechariah 8:5 ‘And the public squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its squares.’
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- זֹאתthis 1
- שָׂחַקto laugh, to play 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- מָכַרto sell 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נַעֲרָה naʻărâh · H5291 · girl, young woman, servant
- נַעֲרָה is the most common Hebrew term for a young girl or maiden, overlapping substantially with יַלְדָּה in referring to a female child or young woman, though נַעֲרָה may emphasize a slightly older age range (adolescent/marriageable).
- בְּתוּלָה bᵉthûwlâh · H1330 · young woman, virgin
- בְּתוּלָה refers to a virgin or unmarried young woman, overlapping with יַלְדָּה in denoting a young female, though בְּתוּלָה specifically emphasizes virginity and marriageable status rather than simply youth.
Contrasting words 1 word
- זָקֵן zâqên · H2205 · old, elder
- זָקֵן as a noun/adjective denotes an old person or elder, the direct age-based opposite of יַלְדָּה (young girl); this represents the lexical contrast between youth and old age.
In the other Testament 2 words
- κοράσιον korásion · G2877 · girl
- κοράσιον is the standard Greek diminutive for 'girl' or 'damsel,' the direct translation equivalent used in the LXX and NT for young females, matching the semantic range of יַלְדָּה precisely.
- παιδίσκη paidískē · G3814 · slave girl, slave woman
- παιδίσκη refers to a young girl or female servant, often used in contexts where יַלְדָּה would appear; it emphasizes youth and female gender, though may carry servile overtones in some contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- People001001003
- יַלְדָּה denotes a young girl or damsel, the feminine counterpart to יֶלֶד, as in the law protecting a captured young woman (Deuteronomy 21:11-12).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3207. yaldah יַלְדָּה noun feminine girl, damsel; — absolute יִלְדָּה Gen 34:4; Joel…
יַלְדָּה noun feminine girl, damsel; — absolute יִלְדָּה Gen 34:4; Joel 4:3; וִילָדוֺת Zec 8:5; — marriageable girl: of Dinah, daughter of Jacob Gen 34:4; opposed to יֶלֶד Zec 8:5; Joel 4:3.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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