יֶלֶד

יֶלֶדm. (b. h.; preced.) child, young man. Nidd.60b י׳ וזקןוכ׳ a young man and an old man travelling. Ex. R. s. 1; Sot.12b הוא י׳ וקולו כנער he (Moses) was an infant, but his voice was that of a lad.Y.Meg.III, 74a bot., v. אֶבְדּוֹקוֹס; a. fr.Pl. יְלָדִים. Ex. R. l. c. קיימו את (החיו) הו׳ they spared the lives of the new-born. Kidd.76b, a. e. ד׳ מאות י׳וכ׳ David had four hundred young men in his suite; a. fr.Fem. יַלְדָּה girl, young woman. B. Kam.60b אהת י׳ ואחת זקינה one wife was young, the other old. Yeb.101b: a. fr.Pl. יְלָדוֹת. Sabb.32a ר״א … מתות י׳ R. El. reports, ‘for three sins women die young (in place of יוֹלְדוֹת, v. יוֹלֶדֶת); Y. ib. II, 5b top.Trnsf. יַלְּדָּה a young plant. Men.69b; Sot.43b, a. e. י׳ שסבכה בזקנה a young shoot (subject to the law of Orlah, v. עָרְלָה) which was grafted on an old tree. Ib. י׳ בי׳ a young shoot grafted on a young tree.