מיילדת

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Hebrew

Root
י־ל־ד (y-l-d)

Noun

מיילדת / מְיַלֶּדֶת • (m'yalédet) f (plural indefinite מיילדות / מְיַלְּדוֹת, masculine counterpart מיילד / מְיַלֵּד)

(obstetrics) midwife
- Tanach, Exodus 1:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַמְיַלְּדֹת הָ עִבְרִיֹּת אֲשֶׁר שֵׁם הָ אַחַת שִׁפְרָה וְ שֵׁם הַ שֵּׁנִית פּוּעָה׃
  vayómer mélekh mitsráyim lam'yal'dót ha'ivriyót 'ashér shém ha'akhát shifrá v'shém hashenít pu'á.
  wayyṓmer méleḵ miṣráyim laməyalləḏōṯ hāʿiḇriyyōṯ ʾăšer šēm hāʾaḥaṯ šip̄rā wəšēm haššēnīṯ pūʿā.
  And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;

Verb

מיילדת / מְיַלֶּדֶת • (m'yalédet)

Feminine singular present participle and present tense of יילד / יִלֵּד (yiléd)

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