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The Hebrew word for boy is
יֶלֶד

yéled



boy



Translations for boy and their definitions

ילד
     1. n. A (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy: a young (male) person.
     2. n. (specifically) A son, a (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy: a person's (male) offspring.
           כמה ילדים יש לכם? (káma y'ladím yesh lakhém?) - How many children do you have?
     3. n. (derogatory) An immature adult; kid, child.
     4. n. (among children and teenagers) Used of a (male) peer of one's own age group.
           ילד מהכתה שלי (yéled meihakitá shelí) - a boy from my class
     5. v. (of a woman) To give birth (to a child).


נער
     1. v. to bray (donkey)
     2. n. (Modern) youth , adolescent
     3. n. (biblical) non-infant child (e.g. 1 Samuel 1:24)
     4. n. (biblical) boy, physically-abled young man (e.g. 2 Samuel, 2:14)


בחור
     1. n. (Modern Israeli) guy, boy
     2. n. (Modern Israeli) youth , young man
     3. n. (Jewish law) a young man over 13 who is required to perform mitzvoth but has never married


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