The Hebrew word ילד – 'child' – comes from the root 'y.l.d' – י.ל.ד – which has made a huge career for itself in Semitic languages. This is a great example of how one root behaves in different verb patterns, keeping the stem meaning but then providing us with exciting branches of it.
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New Words and Expressions:
Yeled – Kid, boy – ילד
Yalda – Girl – ילדה
"Kulanu yeladim shel ha-chayim" – We are all children of life – כולנו ילדים של החיים
"Yaldey ha-yare'ach" – "Children of the moon" – ילדי הירח
"Hu ya'aseh lach yeled" – He will have a child with you – הוא יעשה לך ילד
Ta'aseh li yeled – Give me a child – תעשה לי ילד
Hi yalda – She gave birth – היא ילדה
Hi yalda ben/bat – She gave birth to a boy/girl – היא ילדה בן/בת
"Eich shir nolad?" – How is a song born? – איך שיר נולד
Hu nolad – He was born – הוא נולד
"Ma nolad?" – What was born (a boy or a girl)? – מה נולד
Nolad lo ben – He had a boy – נולד לו בן
Nolda lahem bat – They have a little girl – נולדה להם בת
"Ani noladti la-shalom" – I was born to peace – אני נולדתי לשלום
"Rak etmol nolda" – She was just born yesterday – רק אתמול נולדה
Hi nolda – She was born – היא נולדה
Hu yiled – He delivered a baby – הוא יילד
Hi yilda – She delivered a baby – היא יילדה
Meyaledet – Midwife – מיילדת
Leyaled – To deliver (baby) – ליילד
Lehityaled – To speak or behave childishly – להתיילד
Hu holid – He fathered – הוא הוליד
"Zeh holid be'ayot chadashot" – It brought new problems – זה הוליד בעיות חדשות
Yaldoot – Childhood – ילדות
Yalduti – Infantile – ילדותי
Yaldutiyoot – Childishness / immaturity – ילדותיות
Huledet – Birth – הולדת
Yom huledet, yomuledet – Birthday – יום הולדת, יומולדת
Leida – Delivery (Of a baby) – לידה
Ta'arich leida – Date of birth – תאריך לידה
Yeluda – Birth rate – ילודה
Yaldon, yaldonet – Kiddo – ילדון, ילדונת
Playlist and Clips:
Arik Einstein – Yeladim shel Ha-chayim (lyrics)
Tslil Mechoovan – Yaldey hayare'ach (lyrics)
Shlomo Artzi – Nirkod Nishkach (lyrics)
Ha-keves ha-shisha-asar – Eich Shir Nolad (lyrics)
Sexta – Noladti La-shalom (lyrics)
Aris San – Rak Etmol Nolda (lyrics)
