יָלָ֔ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָלָ֔ד

   ya-LAD

   it hatched or bore
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד

   ve-LO ya-LAD

   and not it hatched or bore
3. clause🔊 קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   ko-RE da-GAR ve-LO ya-LAD O-se O-sher ve-LO ve-mish-PAT

   calling or gathering a partridge and not it hatched or bore one making riches and not by justice or in judgment
4. sentence🔊 קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּחֲצִ֤י ימו יָמָיו֙ יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָבָֽל׃

   ko-RE da-GAR ve-LO ya-LAD O-se O-sher ve-LO ve-mish-PAT ba-kha-TSI ye-MO ya-MAV ya-az-ve-NO u-ve-a-kha-ri-TO yih-ye na-VAL

   calling or gathering a partridge and not it hatched or bore one making riches and not by justice or in judgment in the half of his days his days they will leave him and in his end he will be a fool

Exegesis

The Qal perfect of deram, dagar {דָגַר | dā-gar} ‘broods’ followed by the negated perfect yalad {יָלָד | yā-lād} ‘does not hatch’ establishes a scene of fruitless effort.