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# יַלְדוּת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3208

**childhood** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

childhood [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3208/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יַלְדוּת: n.f. childhood, youth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3208/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. childhood, youth;—abs. יַלְדוּת Ec 11:10 (‖ שַׁחֲרוּת); יַלְדוּתֶ֑ךָ 11:9; = young men טַל יַלְדֻתֶ֑ךָ ψ 110:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: your youth(s) (1); youth (1); youth(s) (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 110:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.110.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.110.3/#tree)

עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּי֪וֹם חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽהַדְרֵי־קֹ֭דֶשׁמֵרֶ֣חֶם מִשְׁחָ֑ר לְ֝ךָ֗ טַ֣ל יַלְדֻתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* people your \[will.be\].freewill.offerings on the.day your.strength your in majesti(es) of.holiness from.\[the\] womb of.dawn \[will belong\].to.you the.dew your.youth(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.

[Ecclesiastes 11:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.10/#tree)

וְהָסֵ֥ר כַּ֙עַס֙ מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְהַעֲבֵ֥ר רָעָ֖ה מִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־הַיַּלְד֥וּת וְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּת הָֽבֶל׃

*Word for word:* and remove vexation from heart your and put.away evil from flesh your (dm) (the) youth and the.black hair \[are\].futility

*JPS 1917:* Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3208/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).