כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָ֖ה

𐤊/𐤉𐤅𐤋𐤃𐤄

kayoledah

as a woman in labor

a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

H3205

Isaiah 13:8 · Word #5

Lexicon H3205

Lemmaיָלַד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤋𐤃
Transliterationyâlad
Strong'sH3205
In-contextas a woman in labor

Morphology HRd/Vqrfsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H3205-26

like a bearing woman

Rootילד (y-l-d)
Core Meaningsto bear, bring forth, beget, give birth, generate offspring
Semantic Rangea woman in labor, one giving birth, a mother bringing forth, figuratively intense anguish or productive emergence
Conceptual SignificanceThe imagery of a "bearing woman" frequently conveys acute pain, vulnerability, and imminent transition in biblical literature, often symbolizing judgment, crisis, or the birth of something new in Israel’s history.
Morphological NotesPreposition כ (“like/as”) prefixed to a Qal active participle, feminine singular absolute (יּוֹלֵדָה) from ילד.
Rendering RationaleThe form is a Qal feminine singular participle of ילד (“to bear, give birth”) with the prefixed preposition כ (“like/as”). “Bearing woman” preserves the active, ongoing sense of the participle and clearly reflects the feminine singular morphology.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ילד (to bear, bring forth, beget, give birth, generate offspring)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3205-01 behivaled in being born
H3205-02 beledet at bearing-forth
H3205-03 belidetah in her bearing-forth

Word Usage (500 occurrences of H3205)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 3:16 תֵּֽלְדִ֣י teledi you will bring forth / you shall bear
Genesis 4:1 וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד vateled and she bore
Genesis 4:2 לָ/לֶ֔דֶת laledet to bear