Yaldah יַלְדָּה
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| יַלְדָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yaldah |
| Strong's number | H3207 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | maiden |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Yaldah (Hebrew יַלְדָּה, Strong's H3207) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “maiden”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
girl, damsel, marriageable girl
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | damsel (1), girl (1), girls (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | girl (2), girls (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yaldah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 34:4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
Joel
- Joel 3:3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 8:5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).