יוֹם
day
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
Every verse where H3117 appears in the Book of Esther — 40 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Esther
- Esther 1:1 בִּ/ימֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),
- Esther 1:2 בַּ/יָּמִ֖ים prep det + n c mp that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
- Esther 1:4 יָמִ֣ים יֽוֹם n c mp n c ms when he shown the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
- Esther 1:5 הַ/יָּמִ֣ים יָמִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp When these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
- Esther 1:10 בַּ/יּוֹם֙ prep det + n c ms On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven chamberlains who ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
- Esther 1:18 וְֽ/הַ/יּ֨וֹם conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms This day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say [the like] to all the king's princes. So [will there arise] much contempt and wrath.
- Esther 2:11 י֣וֹם וָ/י֔וֹם n c ms conj + n c ms Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.
- Esther 2:12 יְמֵ֣י n c mp cs Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her as prescribed for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
- Esther 2:21 בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים prep det + n c mp In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 2:23 הַ/יָּמִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp When inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
- Esther 3:4 י֣וֹם וָ/י֔וֹם n c ms conj + n c ms Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told those who he was a Jew.
- Esther 3:7 מִ/יּ֧וֹם לְ/י֛וֹם prep + n c ms prep + n c ms In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
- Esther 3:12 יוֹם֮ n c ms Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
- Esther 3:13 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 3:14 לַ/יּ֥וֹם prep det + n c ms A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
- Esther 4:11 יֽוֹם n c ms All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.
- Esther 4:16 יָמִים֙ וָ/י֔וֹם n c mp conj + n c ms Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Esther 5:1 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms Now it happened on the third day, that Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.
- Esther 5:4 הַ/יּ֔וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms Esther said, If it seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.
- Esther 5:9 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
- Esther 6:1 הַ/יָּמִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp On that night the king couldn't sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
- Esther 7:2 בַּ/יּ֤וֹם prep det + n c ms The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
- Esther 8:1 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
- Esther 8:12 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms on one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
- Esther 8:13 לַ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
- Esther 8:17 וְ/י֣וֹם conj + n c ms In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
- Esther 9:1 יוֹם֙ בַּ/יּ֗וֹם n c ms prep det + n c ms Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over those who hated them),
- Esther 9:11 בַּ/יּ֣וֹם prep det + n c ms On that day the number of those who were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
- Esther 9:13 הַ/יּ֑וֹם ptcl def.art + n c ms Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows.
- Esther 9:15 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
- Esther 9:17 בְּ/יוֹם י֖וֹם prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs [This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:18 י֖וֹם n c ms cs But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] of it, and on the fourteenth of it; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:19 י֣וֹם וְ/י֣וֹם n c ms cs conj + n c ms Therefore do the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
- Esther 9:21 י֣וֹם יוֹם n c ms cs n c ms cs to enjoin those who they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
- Esther 9:22 כַּ/יָּמִ֗ים לְ/י֣וֹם יְמֵי֙ prep det + n c mp prep + n c ms n c mp cs as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.
- Esther 9:26 לַ/יָּמִ֨ים prep det + n c mp Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,
- Esther 9:27 הַ/יָּמִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp the Jews ordained, and took on them, and on their seed, and on all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing of it, and according to the appointed time of it, every year;
- Esther 9:28 וְ/הַ/יָּמִ֣ים וִ/ימֵ֞י conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + n c mp cs and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memory of them perish from their seed.
- Esther 9:31 יְמֵי֩ n c mp cs to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.
- Esther 10:2 הַ/יָּמִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
About this entry
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The Hebrew noun יום centers on the idea of “day.” Beyond “day” it also covers “time” and “year” — see its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 1,930 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Genesis 1:5, it enters the text early. Related forms include יום, יומם and ים. Dig into 1,930-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H3117 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,930
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,930 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #18
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 18 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,930 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Deuteronomy 146 verses 8%
- Genesis 139 verses 7%
- 1 Samuel 131 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,930 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 937 verses · 49%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 542 verses · 28%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 451 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Day 944×, Days 484×, All the days 57×
- American Standard Version: Day 856×, Days 470×, All the days 55×
- Berean Standard Bible: Day 937×, Days 504×, Today 132×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Day 910×, Days 591×, Days of 210×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3117 across 2,211 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 239 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 76 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3117 across 2,210 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 298 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3117 across 2,013 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 124 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 284 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3117 across 2,689 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
33 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 33 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. day, opp. night, Gn 7:4, 12; 8:22 (all J), 31:39, 40 (E), Ex 24:18; 34:28 Nu 11:32(×2) Jos 10:13 (all JE), Dt 9:9, 11, 18, 25; 10:10 (D), Gn 1:5, 14, 16, 18 (P), 1 S 30:12 Ju 19:8, 9(×2), 11 Am 5:8 1 K 8:29; 19:8 Ne 4:16 Ec 8:16; ‖ לִפְנֵי בוֹא־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ 2 S 3:35; חֹם הַיּ׳ Gn 18:1 (J) the heat of the day 1 S 11:11 2 S 4:5; עוֹד הַיּ׳ גָּדוֹל Gn 29:7 (J) the day is still high, not near its end; רוּחַ הַיּ׳ 3:8 cool of the day; מִן־הָאוֹר עַד־מַחֲצִית הַיּ׳ Ne 8:3 from dawn until mid-day; so also prob. of mid-day הוֹלך ואור עַד־נְכוֹן הַיּוֹם Pr 4:18 growing lighter and lighter until the full day; note phr. in Ju 19, עַד־נְטוֹת הַיּ׳ Ju 19:8 until the declining of the day; רָפָה הַיּ׳ לַעֲרוֹב v 9 the day hath sunk down to become evening; חֲנוֹת הַיּ׳ v 9 the declining of the day; הַיּ׳ רַד מְאֹד v 11 the day has gone down exceedingly (is far spent). e.g. Genesis 7:4
- 2. Day as division of time:
- a. working-day Ex 20:9, 10 (E) = Dt 5:13, Ex 16:26, 30(×2) (J), 23:12 (JE), 31:15 (P), Lv 23:3 (H); יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה Ez 46:1. e.g. Exodus 20:9
- b. דֶּרֶךְ יוֹם a day’s journey Nu 11:31(×2) (JE), 1 K 19:4; מַהֲלַךְ יוֹם אֶחָד Jon 3:4; דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים a three days’ journey Gn 30:36 Ex 3:18; 5:3; 8:23 (all J), Nu 10:33(×2) (JE), 33:8 (P); מַהֲלַךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Jon 3:3; so seven days’ journey Gn 31:23 (E), 2 K 3:9; without דֶּרֶךְ etc., שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Ex 15:22 (E) they went three days, etc. e.g. Numbers 11:31
- c. to denote duration of various other acts or states: seven days Gn 7:4, 10; 8:10, 12; forty days 7:17; 8:6 (all J); 150 days 7:24; 8:3 (both P) 1 S 25:38 1 K 8:65(×2) Je 42:7 Ez 4:5, 6 1 Ch 9:25 Ezr 6:22 Est 1:4 etc. In Est 4:16 1 & 2 are combined: וְאַל־תִּשְׁתּוּ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֹם do not eat and do not drink for three days, night or day (v. Zc 14:7 sub 3 infr.) e.g. Genesis 7:4
- d. day as defined by evening and morning Gn 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 (all P; cf. further בֹּקֶר, עֶרֶב); v. also 2:2(×2), 3 (P), Ex 20:11(×2) (E), 31:17(×2) (P). e.g. Genesis 1:5
- e. day of month (c. num. ordin.), chiefly P and late: Gn 7:11; 8:4, 14 Ex 12:6, 18(×2) +, 1 K 12:32, 33 Ez 45:21, 25 Zc 1:7 Hg 1:1, 15; 2:18 2 Ch 29:17(×2) Ezr 3:6 Ne 8:2; 9:1 Dn 10:4 Est 3:12; 9:1 +; (יוֹם often om. e.g. Gn 8:5, 13 Ex 12:10 2 K 25:1, 3 Ez 1:1, 2 Hg 2:1, 20 Zc 7:1 2 Ch 3:2 Ezr 6:19 Est 3:13, etc.) e.g. Genesis 7:11
- f. יוֹם defined by subst., inf., or other cl.: cstr. יוֹם הַשֶּׁלֶג = the snowy day 2 S 23:20 = 1 Ch 11:22; יוֹם סַגְרִיר Pr 27:15 = rainy d.; יוֹם קָרָה 25:20 = cold d.; (so, = time יוֹם צָרָתִי Gn 35:3 (E) d. of my distress; Je 18:17 La 1:7 Pr 24:10; 25:19; 27:10); יוֹם מוֹתוֹ etc. Ju 13:7 2 S 6:23 2 K 15:5 + often; cf. יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶת־פַּרְעֹה Gn 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh’s birthday; כְּיוֹם הִוָֽלְדָהּ Ho 2:5 cf. Ec 7:1 (v. also 7 d infr.; cf. יוֹמוֹ Jb 3:1), יום חֲתֻנָּה Ct 3:11; of day emphat. characterized by proph. and others יוֹם מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּסָה וּמְבוּכָה Is 22:5 (v. מְהוּמָה sub הום); יוֹם צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה 37:3 = 2 K 19:3; on the other hand יוֹם רָצוֹן לי׳ Is 58:5 a day of acceptableness to י׳; pl. sq. subst. יְמֵי שָׂכִיר Lv 25:50 (H) the days of an hireling; (מִלֻּאֵיכֶם) יְמֵי Lv 8:33 Nu 6:13; sq. rel. cl. אָרוּר הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּ֑וֹ יוֹם אֲשֶׂר־יְלָדַתְנִי אִמִּי וגו׳ Je 20:14 cf. Jb 3:3 also ψ 118:24 (v. i). e.g. 2 Samuel 23:20
- g. particular days defined by n.pr.loc.: יוֹם יִזְרְעֶאל Ho 2:2 i.e. of judgment, with implied restoration; v. also Is 9:3 Ez 30:9; יְמֵי הַגִּבְעָה Ho 9:9; 10:9, i.e. of the outrage at Gibeah (Ju 19:22 ff.); יוֹם ירושׁלם ψ 137:7 i.e. of Jerusalem’s calamity, cf. Je 50:27, 31. e.g. Hosea 2:2
- h. c. sf., thy, his, or their day, in sense of (1) day of disaster or death: †בָּא יוֹמְךָ Je 50:31 thy day has come; אוֹ יומו יָבֹא וָמֵת 1 S 26:10; יומו in this sense also Ez 21:30 ψ 37:13 Jb 18:20; †בָּא יוֹמָם Je 50:27 Ez 21:34. e.g. Jeremiah 50:31
- i. specif. a holy day: יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת the sabbath day (v. also שַׁבָּת), Ex 20:8, 11 (E) = Dt 5:12, 15, Ex 31:15; 35:3 +; = יוֹם קָדְשִׁי Is 58:13; repetition בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת Lv 24:8 every sabbath day; also †יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרים Lv 23:27; 25:9; יוֹם כִּפֻּרִים 23:28; יוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים Nu 28:26; יוֹם חַגֵּנוּ ψ 81:4; יוֹם מַלְכֵּנוּ Ho 7:5; also of false gods, יִמֵי הַבְּעָלִים 2:11. e.g. Exodus 20:8
- 3. יוֹם י׳ day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous (v. RSProph. 396 f. Dr Is 28); Am 5:18(×2), 20 Is 2:12; 13:6, 9 Zp 1:7 (cf. v 8), v 14(×2) (cf. v 15, 16), Je 46:10 Ez 13:5; 30:3 (cf. 36:33; 39:8, 11, 13), Ob 15 Zc 14:1 Mal 3:23 (cf. Zc 14:7 Mal 3:2, 17, 19(×2), 21), Jo 1:15; 2:1, 11 (cf. v 2(×2)), 3:4; 4:14; יוֹם עֶבְרַת י׳ Zp 1:18; יוֹם עֶבְרָה Pr 11:4; יוֹם חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ Is 13:13 La 1:12; יוֹם נָקָם Is 34:8; 61:2; 63:4; יוֹם נְקָמָה Je 46:10; יוֹם אף י׳ Zp 2:2, 3 La 2:22; יוֹם אַפּוֹ La 2:1; cf. also Zc 14:7 (where sense of 1 and 2 are combined, cf. Est 4:16 2 c supr.); וְהָיָה יוֹם־אֶחָד הוּא יִּוָּדַע לי׳ לֹא יוֹם וְלֹא לָ֑יְלָה but there shall be one day, known shall it be of י׳, not day and not night; cf. also ביום ההוא 7 g infr. e.g. Amos 5:18
- 4. Pl. days of any one:
- a. = his life, his age Gn 6:3 (J), Dt 22:19, 29; 23:7 Jos 24:31(×2) (D), Ju 2:7(×2), 18 1 S 25:28, etc.; Gn 5:4, 8, 11; 9:29; 11:32 (all P), Jb 7:1(×2), 6, 16; 8:9 ψ 39:5, 6; 90:9, 10, 12, 14; 103:15; כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ Gn 3:14, 17 (J), ψ 23:6, so Pr 31:12; יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיִּים 2 S 19:35 Gn 25:7; 47:8, 9 (all P); יְמֵי חַיָּיו Ec 5:17, 19; יְמֵי שָׁנָיו 6:3; יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ ψ 90:10; מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם Ec 2:3; מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֹ 6:12 the number of the days of his vain life, i.e. his empty, fleeting years; כָּל־הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־הֵם חַיִּים עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה 1 K 8:40; יָמִים רַבִּים long life 1 K 3:11 = 2 Ch 1:11; בָּא בַּיָּמִים advanced in days = of advanced age Gn 18:11; 24:1 (both J), Jos 13:1(×2) (JE), 23:1, 2 (D), 1 K 1:1; מִיָּמָיו 1 K 1:6 from his (earliest) days, so מִיָּמֶיךָ 1 S 25:28 (v. Dr), Jb 38:12; שְׂבַע יָמִים Jb 42:17 1 K 8:40; יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ Ex 20:12 (JE) that thy days may be long = Dt 5:16, v. further ארך; יָמִים עַל־יְמֵי־מֶלֶךְ תּוֹסִיף ψ 61:7 i.e. prolong the king’s life; outlive is הֶאֱרִיךְ יָמִים אַחֲרֵי Jos 24:31 (D), Ju 2:7; אֹרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֹת חַיִּים Pr 3:2 length of days and years of life; אֹרֶךְ יָמִים v 16, כְּיָמֶיךָ דבאך Dt 33:25 according to (the length of) thy life shall be [thy strength? read רבאך?] v. Di VB; rarely sg. e.g. קְשֵׁה־יוֹם Jb 30:25 one hard of day, i.e. whose day (= life) was hard; of life as approaching its end, וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי ישׂראל לָמוּת Gn 47:29 (J) and the days of Israel drew near for dying, so Dt 31:14 1 K 2:1 (cf. Jb 7:6, 16; 8:9 Ec 2:3 supr.) e.g. Genesis 6:3
- b. (in) the days of (i.e. life-time, reign, or activity of) Gn 10:25 (J) 14:1 Ju 5:6(×2); 8:28 2 S 21:1 1 K 16:34; 21:29(×2); 22:47 2 K 20:19 2 Ch 13:20; 35:18 + often (so MI6.8.8.9.33). e.g. Genesis 10:25
- c. hence in phr. סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְ 1 K 14:19, 29 + 31 times K, Ne 12:23 Est 2:23; 10:2; מִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים 1 Ch 27:24; סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים Est 6:1. e.g. 1 Kings 14:19
- 5. Days:
- a. indef.: יָמִים אֲחָדִים some days, a few days † Gn 27:44 (J), 29:20 (E), Dn 11:20; יָמִים alone 40:4 (E) they were days (a certain time) in the prison 1 K 17:15 Ne 1:4; עוּל יָמִים Is 65:20 a suckling of (a few) days; מִיָּמִים Ju 11:4 after a time, 15:1; so מִקֵּץ יָמִים Gn 4:3 (J) after the end of days, 1 K 17:7; יוֹם אוֹ יוֹמַיִם Ex 21:21 (JE) a day or two. יָמִים אוֹ עָשׂוֹר Gn 24:55 (J) some day, or ten (days or a dekad; on question of txt. v. Di). e.g. Genesis 27:44
- b. of long time, זֶה יָמִים אוֹ זֶה שָׁנִים 1 S 29:3 these days or these years; אוֹ יֹמַיִם אוֹ חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ יָמִים Nu 9:22 (P) whether two days or a month or days (an indefinitely long period); יָמִים רַבִּים many days Gn 21:34 (JE) 37:34 (J) +; וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וגו׳ Gn 38:12 (J) and the days were multiplied (= time passed) and Judah’s wife died, 1 S 7:2; אָֽרְכוּ לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים Gn 26:8 (J) the days were long to him there = he had been there a long time; בְּהַאֲרִיךְ הֶעָנָן … יָמִים רַבִּים Nu 9:19 (P) when the cloud prolonged many days (remained a long time) upon the tabern.—Vid. also 6 infr. e.g. 1 Samuel 29:3
- c. days of old, former or ancient times (especially of early period of Isr. hist.): יְמוֹת עוֹלָם Dt 32:7 (poem); יְמֵי עוֹלם Mi 5:1; 7:14 Is 63:9, 11; יְמֵי קֶדֶם Mi 7:20; יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם ψ 77:6; 143:5; cf. הַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים Ec 7:10; coming days הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים Ec 2:16; coming time יוֹם אַחֲרוֹן Pr 31:25; especially (ב)אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים v. p. 31 supr.; לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין Dn 12:13. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:7
- 6. יוֹם = time;
- a. vividly in gen. sense (v. also 5 supr.): time of harvest Pr 25:13; usually יְמֵי Gn 30:14 (J), Jos 3:15 Nu 13:20(×2) (all JE), Ju 15:1 2 S 21:9; proper time for paying wages Dt 24:15 cf. Jb 14:6; time of parturition וַיִּמְלְאוּ יָמֶיהָ לָלֶדֶת Gn 25:24. e.g. Proverbs 25:13
- b. appos. to other expr. of time (Dr§192(1) DaSynt. §29.d): חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים a month of time Gn 29:14 (J; lit. a month, time), Nu 11:20, 21 (JE); = יֶרַח יָמִים Dt 21:13 2 K 15:13; יָמִים ארבעה חדשׁים Ju 19:2 time, four months (si vera l., v. 1 S 27:7); †שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים (מִקֵּץ) Gn 41:1 (E) two years (of) time, 2 S 13:23; 14:28 Je 28:3, 11; שְׁלשָׁה שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים Dn 10:2, 3 three weeks (of) time. e.g. Genesis 29:14
- c. pl. in specific sense, appar. = year, lit. יָמִים 1 S 27:7 Lv 25:29 (H); לַיָּמִים Ju 17:10; זֶבַח הַיָּמִים 1 S 1:21; 2:19; 20:6; יָמִים וארבעה חדשׁים 27:7 = a year and four months (cf. Ju 19:2 supr. b); מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה = from year to year, yearly Ex 13:10 (JE), Ju 11:40 (cf. v b), 21:19 1 S 1:3; 2:19; מִקֵּץ יָמִים לַיָּמִים 2 S 14:26; יֹמַיִם אוֹ חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ־יָמִים Nu 9:22 (P) distrib. Nu 14:34(×2) (P), Ez 4:6(×2); וַיְהִי לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים וּכְעֵת צֵאת הַקֵּץ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2 Ch 21:19 and it came to pass at days from days (= after some days) even about the time of the outgoing of the end of two (series of) days (i.e. prob. years, v. Be). e.g. 1 Samuel 27:7
- 7. Phrases, without prep. and with, are:
- a. (1) הַיּוֹם=to-day Gn 4:14; 31:43, 48 Ex 13:4 (JE) + often; opp. תְּמוֹל yesterday Ex 5:14 1 S 20:27; opp. מָחָר Ex 19:10; (2) †(בְּ)יוֹם מָחָר = to-morrow Gn 30:33 Is 56:12 Pr 27:1; (3) יוֹם אֶתְמוֹל ψ 90:4; (4) הַיּוֹם שְׁלשֶׁת הַיָּמִים 1 S 9:20 three days ago (v. Dr); = הַיּוֹם שְׁלשָׁה 1 S 30:13; †(5) בַּיּוֹם Ju 13:10 appar. = the other day (v. Be); (6) יוֹם אֶחָד no prep., emphat. = in one day, Gn 27:45 Is 9:13; c. בְּ 10:17; 47:9; for, during, one day Gn 33:13 Nu 11:19; unemphat., one day (= some day) 1 S 27:1; יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי 9:15 one day, before Saul came. e.g. Genesis 4:14
- b. וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַֹ־ and the day came, that (or when) 1 S 1:4 (v. Dr) 2 K 4:8, 11, 18 Jb 1:6, 13; 2:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:4
- c. הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים lo! days are coming, when, etc.; especially in Am Je: 1 S 2:31 Am 4:2; 8:11; 9:13 Is 39:6 = 2 K 20:17, Je 7:32 + 13 times Je. e.g. 1 Samuel 2:31
- d. יוֹם in cstr. bef. vbs., both literally, the day of, and (often) in gen. sense = the time of (forcible and pregn., representing the act vividly as that of a single day): (1) bef. inf., †(α) sg. without prep. אֶת־יוֹם צֵאתְךָ Dt 16:3 and thou shalt remember the day of the going out from the land of Egypt, Is 58:5 Ez 39:13 Mal 3:2 cf. Ec 7:1 (מִן compar.); (β) עַד־יוֹם Jos 6:10 Ju 18:30 + 5 times; (γ) בְּיוֹם Gn 2:4, 17; 3:5 + 53 times; † (δ) כְּיוֹם Ho 2:5, 17 Zc 14:3; †(ε) מִיּוֹם 1 S 7:2; 8:8; 29:6, 2 S 13:32 2 K 8:6 Dt 9:24 Lv 23:15 Ez 28:15; †(ζ) לְמִיּוֹם Ju 19:30 2 S 7:6 Is 7:17; †(2) pl. cstr. bef. inf.: (α) כָּל־יְמֵי Ju 18:31 1 S 22:4; 25:7, 16 Lv 26:34, 35 Nu 6:6 2 Ch 36:21; (β) בִּימֵי Ru 1:1 2 Ch 26:5; (γ) כִּימֵי Mi 7:15; †(3) sg. cstr. c. perp. bef. finite vb. in pf.: (α) cf. בְּ, בְּיוֹם דִּבֶּר י׳ Ex 6:28 in the day (when) י׳ spoke, so Nu 3:1 Dt 4:15; also Lv 7:35 2 S 22:1 = ψ 18:1, ψ 138:3 Zc 8:9; (β) מִיּוֹם Je 36:2; †(4) sg. cstr. bef. impf.: בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא ψ 56:10 in the day (when) I cry, 102:3 La 3:57; also without בְּ, יוֹם אִירָא ψ 56:4 (at the) time (when) I am afraid; †(5) pl. cstr. bef. pf.: כָּל־יְמֵי הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ אִתָּם 1 S 25:15, so Lv 14:46 (prob., v. Di); כִּימוֹת ψ 90:15; †(6) pl. cstr. bef. impf.: כִּימֵי אֱלֹוהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי Jb 29:2; †(7) מִיּוֹם cstr. bef. rel. cl.: מִיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי לְפָנֶיךָ 1 S 29:8 since the day when (= as long as) I have been before thee, Ne 5:14; †(8) pl. cstr. bef. rel. cl. כָּל־יְמֵי אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכֹּן Nu 9:18 as long as the cloud remained, etc. e.g. Deuteronomy 16:3
- e. (1) יוֹם יוֹם day by day Gn 39:10 (J), Ex 16:5 (P), Pr 8:30, 34 ψ 61:9; 68:20 (+ Je 7:25 ψ 13:3 Lag, v. יוֹמָם); so (late) †לְיוֹם בְּיוֹם 2 Ch 24:11; †יוֹם בְּיוֹם 30:21 Ne 8:18; †לְעֶת־יוֹם בְּיוֹם 1 Ch 12:23; עֹלֹת יוֹם בְּיוֹם Ezr 3:4; בִּדְבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹם 2 Ch 8:13; מִיּוֹם אֶל־יוֹם from day to day 1 Ch 16:23 = מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם ψ 96:2 (Est 3:7 v. infr.); †יוֹם וָיוֹם Est 3:4 (very late, v. וְ 1 i (b), p. 253 supr. and DrIntr. 505); בְּכָל־יוֹם וָיוֹם 2:11; †כְּיוֹם בִּיוֹם 1 S 18:10 as daily = according to daily habit; (2) מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם Est 3:7, is in phr. of casting lots for one day after another; (מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה v. 6 c); (3) of daily duties, observances, etc.: †דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ each day’s affair in its day Ex 5:13, 19; 16:4 (all J), Lv 23:37 (H), 1 K 8:59 2 K 25:30 = Je 52:34, Ezr 3:4 Ne 11:23; 12:47 Dn 1:5; לִדְבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ 1 Ch 16:37 2 Ch 8:14; 31:16. e.g. Genesis 39:10
- f. †כָּל־הַיָּמִים = always, continually, Gn 43:9; 44:32 (both J), Dt 4:40; 5:26; 6:24; 11:1; 14:23; 18:5; 19:9; 28:29, 33 Jos 4:24 (D), Ju 16:16 1 S 2:32, 35; 18:29; 23:14; 28:2 2 S 13:37; 19:14 Je 31:36; 32:39; 33:18; 35:19; 1 K 5:15; 9:3; 11:36, 39; 12:7; 14:30 2 K 8:19; 13:3; 17:37 2 Ch 7:16; 10:7; 12:15; 21:7 Jb 1:5; also (only in proph. writers and in poetry) †כָּל־הַיּוֹם Gn 6:5 (J), Ho 12:2 Dt 28:32; 33:12 Je 20:7, 8 Is 28:24, 51:13; 52:5 (both תָּמִיד כל־היום), 65:2, 5 La 1:13; 3:3, 14, 62 ψ 25:5; 32:3; 35:28; 37:26; 38:7, 13; 42:4, 11; 44:9, 16, 23; 52:3; 56:2, 3, 6; 71:8, 15, 24; 72:15; 73:14; 74:22; 86:3; 88:18; 89:17; 102:9; 119:97 Pr 21:26; 23:17. e.g. Genesis 43:9
- g. additional phr. c. בְּ = on a particular day: בַּיּוֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי Ju 19:18, so Gn 2:2(×2) + often; בְּכָל־יוֹם every day ψ 7:12; 88:10; 145:2; בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא of definite time in past Gn 15:18; 33:16 + (v. also 3 supr.); cf. הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (no prep.) 1 S 24:11 (JE); בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא of time defined in subsequent context, 1 S 3:2 at that time when Eli was laid down, i.e. at the particular time of the foll. incident (= at a certain time, on one particular day; cf. Gn 39:11 sub h; see DaSynt.§ 21.e.R. 1, 2 and especially Dr 1 S 1:4; 19:3); בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה Gn 7:11 +; בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה on this selfsame day Gn 7:13 + (v. עֶצֶם); בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא also of future 1 S 3:12 Dt 31:17(×2), 18; and very often in proph., as formula in describing what is to come at time of future blessing, retribution, etc., Am 8:3, 9 Ho 2:18, 20, 23 etc., especially Is 2:11, 17, 20; 3:7, 18; 4:1, 2 + often; pl. בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם of past Gn 6:4 (J), Ju 18:1(×2) 19:1; 21:25 1 S 3:1 + often; of future Dt 17:9; 19:17; 26:3. e.g. Judges 19:18
- h. c. כְּ: כַּיּוֹם as or like the day ψ 139:12; כַּיּוֹם הַהוּא Jos 10:14; כְּיוֹם Ho 2:5 as at the day of; כְּיוֹם תָּמִים Jos 10:13 about a whole day; †כַּיּוֹם lit. at (about) to-day = now (v. כְּ 1 S 9:27 1 K 22:5 = 2 Ch 18:4 Is 58:4; so †כְּהַיּוֹם 1 S 9:13 + v 12 We Dr (for MT כי היום), Ne 5:11; †כַּיּוֹם = at once, first of all Gn 25:31, 33 1 S 2:16 1 K 1:51; often c. adj. pron. to point out agreement of result with promise or prediction, †כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה as it is at this day Gn 50:20 (E), 1 S 22:8, 13, and especially Dt Je and subseq. writings: Dt 2:30; 4:20, 38; 8:18; 10:15; 29:27 Je 11:5; 25:18 (gloss, om. 𝔊, cf. especially KueEinl. § 56. 1), 32:20; 44:6, 23 1 K 3:6; 8:24, 61 1 Ch 28:7 2 Ch 6:15 Dn 9:7, 15; so †כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה Dt 6:24 Je 44:22 Ezr 9:7, 15 Ne 9:10; in Gn 39:11 (J) this phr. = on this particular day (when the incident to be narrated occurred; cf. ביום ההוא g supr.) i. c. לְ: לְיוֹם on, at (lit. with reference to) †Ho 9:5(×2) what will ye do on the day of assembly, etc., Is 10:3; לְיוֹם אֶחָד 1 K 5:2 bread for one day; הַמְּלָאכָה לֹא לְיוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezr 10:13; distrib. phr. נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם Nu 7:11 (P), Jb 21:30(×2); cf. לַיּוֹם Mal 3:17; לַיּום against, i.e. in expectation of Ex 19:11, so לְיוֹם קְרָב Jb 38:23 Pr 21:31; לְיוֹם קוּמִי alm. = until Zp 3:8; לִפְנֵי יוֹם Is 48:7 before to-day; late phr. are †לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים 2 Ch 21:19 = in the course of time; לְיָמִים רַבִּים Dn 8:26 at (the end of) many days; לַיּוֹם = for every day, daily, †Ex 29:36, 38 Nu 7:11(×2); 28:3, 24 1 Ch 26:17(×2) Je 37:21 Ez 4:10; 43:25; 45:23(×2); 46:13; לַיּוֹם in exclam. הָהּ לַיּ׳ Ez 30:2 alas for the day! אֲהָהּ לַיּ׳ Jo 1:15. j. c. מִן: מִיּוֹם since the day (time) of (or when), Ex 10:6 Lv 23:15 Dt 9:24 1 S 7:2 etc.; מִיּוֹם הראשׁן Ex 12:15 from the first day (on om. of art. v. Dr§ 209 (1)); מִימֵי השׁפטים 2 K 23:22, etc.; מִיּוֹם = from to day, from this day forth Is 43:13 Ez 48:35; מֵהַיּוֹם הַהוּא וָמָ֑עְלָה 1 S 16:13; 30:25 from that day forward; so מֵהַיּ׳ הַה׳ וָהָ֑לְאָה 1 S 18:9; מִן־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וָמָ֑עְלָה Hg 2:15, 18 from this day onward (v. Add. on p. 751b); עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה Gn 47:26 until now; מִיָּמִים רַבִּים after many days Jos 23:1 Ez 38:8; מִיָּמִים after a time Ju 11:4; 14:8; 15:1; but usually מִקֵּץ י׳, v. קֵץ; מִיֹּמָ֑יִם Ho 6:2 after two days;—מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה v. e. (4) supr. †k. c. לְמִן (v. לְ ad fin.): לְמִן הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר Dt 4:32; 9:7 2 S 7:11 Je 7:25; 32:31 Hg 2:18; twice sq. inf. appos. Ex 9:18 2 S 19:25 (cf. also 2 Ch 8:16; v. DrSm. & § 190, Obs.); לְמִימֵי: למ׳ קֶדֶם 2 K 19:25 since days of old = long ago, cf. Mal 3:7 since the days of your fathers.† 1. עַד (ה)יום: עַד יוֹם הָאֶחָד וגו׳ Ex 12:18 until the 21st day, Lv 19:6 +; עַד־יוֹם מוֹתוֹ Ju 13:7 1 S 15:35 2 S 6:23 +, etc., v. also (sq. inf.) c. supr.; עַד־הַיּוֹם until to-day, denoting especially permanence of a name or situation, or of result of an event, †Gn 19:37, 38 (J), 35:20 (E), 2 K 10:27 Ez 20:31†; more often עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה until this day Gn 26:33 (J), 31:33 (P or R), 47:26 (J), 48:15 (E), Ex 10:6 Nu 22:30 (both J), Dt 2:22; 3:14; 10:8; 11:4; 29:3 34:6 Jos 4:9; 5:9; 6:25; 7:26(×2); 8:28, 29; 9:27; 13:13; 14:14; 15:63; 16:10 (all JE), 22:3 (D), v 17 (P), 23:8, 9 (D), Ju 1:21, 26; 6:24; 10:4; 15:19; 18:12; 19:30 1 S 5:5; 6:18; 8:8; 12:2; 27:6; 29:3, 6, 8; 30:25 2 S 4:3; 6:8 = 1 Ch 13:11, 2 S 7:6 = 1 Ch 17:5, 2 S 18:13 + often; עַד־עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה †Jos 10:27 (JE), Ez 2:3 (cf. Lv 23:14 H); עַד־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא †Ju 18:1 Ne 8:17. m. once עַל־יוֹם טוֹב 1 S 25:8 upon a good day, i.e. a day of social cheerfulness, feasting, rejoicing (c. rare עַל temp. cf. Dr; יוֹם טוֹב) also Est 8:17; 9:19, 22, v. טוֹב adj.) e.g. Psalms 139:12
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Word origin
n.m. Gn 1:5 day (NH id.; Aramaic יומָא, ܝܰܘܡܳܐ; Ph. ים; MI 5 ימן, sf. ימי l.6.9.33, pl. cstr. ימי l.8, sf. 3 ms. ימה l.8; SI3 ים; Zinj. יום DHMSendsch. Gloss; Palm. יום VogNo. 123 a, Oxon. iii,; Arabic يَوْمٌ; Ethiopic ዮም: Sab. יום, ים MordtZMG 1876, 29, יומה DHMZMG 1883, 328 SabDenkm61; Assyrian ummu, ûmu COTGloss; deriv. unknown: on √ and relation of יום to Ph. ימם, Aramaic ימם, ܐܻܝܡܳܡܳܐ, v. NöZMG 1886, 721 BaZMG 1887, 632 f.)—יוֹם abs. Gn 1:5 +; cstr. Gn 2:4 +; sf. יוֹמְךָ Je 50:31; יוֹמוֹ Ex 5:13 + 22 times; יוֹמָם Je 50:27 Ez 21:34; du. †יוֹמַ֫יִם Ex 21:21; יוֹמָ֑יִם Ex 16:29 Nu 11:19; יֹמַ֫יִם 9:22; יֹמָ֑יִם Ho 6:2†; pl. יָמִים Gn 4:3 +; יָמִם Nu 6:5; יָמִין (Aramaic form; Ges§ 87. 1 a) Dn 12:13; מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה Ex 13:10 + 4 times; cstr. יְמֵי Gn 3:14 +; †יְמוֹת Dt 32:7 ψ 90:15†; sf. יָמַי Jb 7:6 + 9 times; יָמָ֑י Gn 29:21 + 8 times; יָמֵינוּ Je 35:8 + 7 times, etc.;—
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Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יוֹם
- (b. h.) light, day (opp. night); (astronomical) day; trnsf. day of life; time. Gen. R. s. 6 הי׳ והגשמים וכ׳ the noise of the moving light (Yoma 20ᵇ קול גלגל חמה) and the rains &c.; Midr. Sam. ch. IX. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to Mal. III, 19) י׳ שהוא מלהט וכ׳ it is the day light which will glow the wicked (cmp. נַרְתֵּק). M. Kat. 25ᵇ (ref. to Am. VIII, 9) זה יוֹמוֹ של וכ׳ that means the day of life of Josiah (who was slain in the bloom of manhood). Gen. R. s. 3 (ref. to ib. I, 5) י׳ אחד … ואיזה זה יוה"כ ‘one (distinguished) day’ … that is the Day of Atonement. Ḥull. V, 5 (83ᵃ) הי׳ הולך וכ׳ the day follows the night, i.e. the beginning of the night is the beginning of the new day. Taan. 29ᵃ, v. זַכַּאי; a. v. fr.—י׳ טוב (abbr. יו"ט) Holy Day; festival. R. Hash. IV, 1; a. fr.—Yoma VII, 4 ויו"ט היה וכ׳ and the Highpriest gave a festival to his friends; a. fr.—Yom Tob, name of a treatise of the Tosefta (v. בֵּיצָה).—י׳ הכפורים (abbr. יו"כ, יה"כ) Day of Atonement. Yoma I, 1; a. v. fr.—בֶּן יוֹמוֹ of the same day, not quite one day old, used on the same day. Sabb. 151ᵇ. B. Kam. 65ᵇ; a. fr.—Tanḥ. Kor. 3; ed. Bub. 6; Num. R. s. 18 תינוקות בְּנֵי יוֹמָן (not בן) children just born; a. fr.—Du. יוֹמַיִם. Mekh. Mishp., N’zikin, s. 7; B. Kam. 90ᵃ ישנו בדין יום או י׳ comes under the law of ‘one or two days’ (Ex. XXI, 21); B. Bath. 50ᵃ.—Mekh. l. c. יום שהוא כי׳ וי׳ שהוא כיום a time which counts like two days, and two days which count like a day, which is twenty four hours (from the time of the accident, including part of this and part of the next day).—Snh. 65ᵇ מה יום מיומים (Ms. M. a. Rashi מה היום וכ׳) what difference is there between to-day (Sabbath) and the next day?; Gen. R. s. 11; Yalk. Deut. 918; Yalk. Lev. 617.—Pl. יָמִים; constr. יְמֵי, יְמוֹת. Erub. III, 6 לשני י׳ for both days. Zeb. V, 7 לשני י׳ during two days and one night. Pes. 52ᵃ, a. fr. שני י׳ טובים של גליות, v. גָּלוּת. Taan. IV, 8 לא היו י׳ ט׳ וכ׳ Israel had no days as merry as &c.; a. fr.—Ab. I, 17, a. fr. כל יָמַי all my lifetime.—Esp. יְמוֹת season, period of. י׳ הגשמים, v. גֶּשֶׁם I.—י׳ החמה a) summer season. Toh. VI, 7; a. fr.—b) the solar year. Gen. R. s. 33, end; a. fr.—י׳ הלבנה the lunar year. Ib.; a. fr.—י׳ בגרות, י׳ נערות, v. בַּגְרוּת &c. e.g. Malachi 3:19
יוֹם ²
- Targ. Gen. I, 5. Ib. XXXIX, 11; a. fr.—Targ. Prov. XII, 16 בר יוֹמֵיה (ed. Wil. incorr. כד) on the same day, at once.—Kidd. 39ᵇ דעבדין ליה י׳ טב וי׳ ביש they prepare for him (the righteous man) a good day, and (for the bad man) a bad day (v. Rashi a. Tosaf. a. l.).—Sabb. 134ᵃ; Ḥull. 60ᵃ top להדי י׳ towards the sunlight. Ib. י׳ דחד וכ׳ the sun which is only one of the ministering powers &c. Keth. 106ᵃ וכסי ליה לי׳ and obscured the sun.—Yeb. 72ᵃ י׳ דעיבא a cloudy day; י׳ דשותא a day when a southern wind blows. Erub. 40ᵇ במעלי י׳ דריש וכ׳ on the eve of the New Year’s day.—R. Hash. 21ᵃ י׳ רבה the Great Day, Day of Atonement (also only יומא, v. infra); a. v. fr.—בַּר י׳, בַּת י׳ of the same day, one day old, used the same day. Bets. 4ᵇ, v. בֵּיעָא. Ḥull. 58ᵇ, v. בַּקָּא.—Sabb. 134ᵃ גבינה בת י׳ fresh-made cheese. Ab. Zar. 67ᵇ, a. fr. קדירה בת י׳ a pot used the same day.—Sabb. 49ᵇ bot. ההוא מרבנן בר יוֹמֵיה (omitted in Ms. M.) a student that had just come to college; [oth. opin.: allusion to R. Idi, dubbed בר בי רב דחד י׳ the one day’s student of the college, Ḥag. 5ᵇ].—י׳ חרא, יום מחרא, י׳ מחרן, v. next w.—Pl. יוֹמִין, יוֹמַיָּא, יוֹמֵי. Targ. Gen. VIII, 10. Targ. Esth. I, 2; a. v. fr.—Bets. 4ᵇ עבדינן תרי י׳ we observe two days (as Holy Days). Erub. 65ᵃ השתא … י׳ דאריכי וכ׳ soon will come the days which are long (of duration) and short (of action), when we shall sleep much; a. v. fr.—יוֹמָא (sub רבה, v. supra) Yoma, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta (where it is named יום כפורים), Talmud Babli a. Y’rushalmi. Yoma 14ᵇ סדר י׳ the treatise on the order of exercises of the Day of Atonement.—V. יוֹמָנָא, יְמָמָא.
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Septuagint verse parallels
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- Genesis 1:5
- Exodus 2:11
- Leviticus 6:5
- Numbers 3:1
- Deuteronomy 1:2
- Joshua 1:5
- Judges 1:21
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 1:18
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