The Hebrew word for child is
יֶלֶד
Translations for child 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). |
| ילדה | |
| 1. n. girl (female child) | |
| 2. n. woman: can be a compliment or an insult | |
| 3. v. third-person feminine singular past tense (suffix conjugation) of יָלַד (yalád (she/it) gave birth.): (she/it) gave birth. |
| בן | |
| 1. n. A son. | |
| 2. n. (chiefly in hbo) A direct male descendant. | |
| בן אדם (bén-adám) - a human literally a son of Adam | |
| 3. n. A guy, a boy. | |
| 4. n. (no longer productive, construct only) Someone who possesses (the specified object). | |
| בן דעת (bén dá'at) - someone legally competent literally a son of intelligence | |
| בן תורה (bén torá) - someone devoted to the Torah literally a son of Torah | |
| 5. n. (construct only) Used in expressing the age of a man, a boy(,) or the referent of a masculine noun: age, aged. | |
| הוא בן שש. (hú bén shésh.) - He is six years old. literally, a son of six | |
| 6. n. (בֶּן־, bén-) singular construct form of בן . | |
| 7. n. (בִּן־, bín-) singular construct form of בן ; found only in certain expressions. | |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן (y'hoshúa bín-nún) - Joshua, son of Nun | |
| 8. v. (rare, archaic) to understand. | |
| 9. prep. (poetic or archaic) Form of or (b'-) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object |
| בת | |
| 1. n. daughter | |
| 2. n. By analogy to ב – a direct female descendent: | |
| בת חוה (bat khavá) - daughter of Eve | |
| 3. n. A girl, a gal | |
| 4. n. (construct only) Used in expressing the age of a woman, a girl(,) or the referent of a feminine noun: age, aged. | |
| היא בת שש. (hi bat shesh.) - She is six years old. literally, a daughter of six |
| בן | |
| 1. n. A son. | |
| 2. n. (chiefly in hbo) A direct male descendant. | |
| בן אדם (bén-adám) - a human literally a son of Adam | |
| 3. n. A guy, a boy. | |
| 4. n. (no longer productive, construct only) Someone who possesses (the specified object). | |
| בן דעת (bén dá'at) - someone legally competent literally a son of intelligence | |
| בן תורה (bén torá) - someone devoted to the Torah literally a son of Torah | |
| 5. n. (construct only) Used in expressing the age of a man, a boy(,) or the referent of a masculine noun: age, aged. | |
| הוא בן שש. (hú bén shésh.) - He is six years old. literally, a son of six | |
| 6. n. (בֶּן־, bén-) singular construct form of בן . | |
| 7. n. (בִּן־, bín-) singular construct form of בן ; found only in certain expressions. | |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן (y'hoshúa bín-nún) - Joshua, son of Nun | |
| 8. v. (rare, archaic) to understand. | |
| 9. prep. (poetic or archaic) Form of or (b'-) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object |
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