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.
39 verses where H3117 appears in the Construct state in the Book of Jeremiah. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 1:2 בִּ/ימֵ֛י prep + n c mp cs to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- Jeremiah 1:3 בִּ/ימֵ֨י prep + n c mp cs It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- Jeremiah 3:6 בִּ/ימֵי֙ prep + n c mp cs Moreover Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.
- Jeremiah 7:22 בְּ/י֛וֹם prep + n c ms cs For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
- Jeremiah 11:4 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;
- Jeremiah 11:7 בְּ/יוֹם֩ הַ/יּ֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
- Jeremiah 12:3 לְ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 16:9 וּ/בִֽ/ימֵי/כֶ֑ם conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
- Jeremiah 16:19 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, [even] vanity and things in which there is no profit.
- Jeremiah 17:11 ימ/ו יָמָי/ו֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
- Jeremiah 17:17 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
- Jeremiah 17:18 י֣וֹם n c ms cs Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
- Jeremiah 17:21 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
- Jeremiah 17:22 בְּ/י֣וֹם י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
- Jeremiah 17:24 בְּ/י֣וֹם י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
- Jeremiah 17:27 י֣וֹם בְּ/י֣וֹם n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 18:17 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Jeremiah 20:18 יָמָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
- Jeremiah 22:30 בְּ/יָמָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh, Write you this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
- Jeremiah 23:6 בְּ/יָמָי/ו֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Jeremiah 25:34 יְמֵי/כֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.
- Jeremiah 26:18 בִּ/ימֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
- Jeremiah 27:22 י֣וֹם n c ms cs They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, says Yahweh; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
- Jeremiah 31:32 בְּ/יוֹם֙ prep + n c ms cs not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 34:13 בְּ/י֨וֹם prep + n c ms cs Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
- Jeremiah 35:1 בִּ/ימֵ֨י prep + n c mp cs The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 35:7 יְמֵי/כֶ֔ם יָמִ֤ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp n c mp neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
- Jeremiah 35:8 יָמֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
- Jeremiah 36:2 מִ/יּ֞וֹם מִ/ימֵ֣י הַ/יּ֥וֹם prep + n c ms prep + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c ms Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
- Jeremiah 36:6 בְּ/י֣וֹם prep + n c ms cs therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in Yahweh's house on the fast-day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
- Jeremiah 46:10 וְֽ/הַ/יּ֨וֹם י֤וֹם conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 46:21 י֥וֹם n c ms cs Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn't stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the time of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 46:26 כִּֽ/ימֵי prep + n c mp cs and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:27 יוֹמָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 50:31 יוֹמְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts; for your day is come, the time that I will visit you.
- Jeremiah 51:2 בְּ/י֥וֹם prep + n c ms cs I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
- Jeremiah 52:11 י֥וֹם n c ms cs He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
- Jeremiah 52:33 יְמֵ֥י n c mp cs and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
- Jeremiah 52:34 י֥וֹם בְּ/יוֹמ֖/וֹ י֣וֹם יְמֵ֥י n c ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs n c mp cs and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
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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