יוֹם 2285 noun masculineGenesis 1:5 day (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
יומָא,
; Phoenician
ים; MI
5 ימן, suffix
ימי Genesis 1:6;
Genesis 1:9;
Genesis 1:33, plural construct
ימי Genesis 1:8, suffix
3rd person masculine singular ימה; SI
3 ים; Zinjirli
יום DHM
Sendsch Gloss; Plam.
יום Vog
No. 123a, Oxon. iii.; Arabic
; Ethiopic
Sabean
יום,
ים Mordt
ZMG 1876, 29, יומה DHM
ZMG 1883, 328 SabDenkm
61; Assyrian
ummu, ûmu COT
Gloss; derivation unknown; on √ and relation of
יום to Phoenician
ימם, Aramaic
ימם,
, see Nö
ZMG 1886, 721 Ba
ZMG 1887, 632 f.) —
יוֺם absolute
Genesis 1:5 +; construct
Genesis 2:4 +; suffix
יוֺמְךָ Jeremiah 50:31;
יוֺמוֺ Exodus 5:13 +
22 times;
יוֺמָם Jeremiah 50:27;
Ezekiel 21:34; † dual
יוֺמַ֫יִם Exodus 21:21;
יוֺמָ֑יִם Exodus 16:29;
Numbers 11:19;
יֹמַ֫יִם Numbers 9:22;
יֹמָ֑יִם Hosea 6:2†; plural
יָמִים Genesis 4:3 +;
יָמִם;
Numbers 6:5;
יָמִין (Aramaic form; Ges
§ 87, 1 a)
Daniel 12:13;
מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה Exodus 13:10 +
4 times; construct
יְמֵי Genesis 3:14 +;
יְמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:7;
Psalm 90:15†; suffix
יָמַי Job 7:6 +
9 times;
יָמָ֑י Genesis 29:21 +
8 times;
יָמֵינוּ Jeremiah 35:8 +
7 times, etc.; —
1. day, opposed to night,
Genesis 7:4,
12;
Genesis 8:22 (all J),
Genesis 31:39,
40 (E),
Exodus 24:18;
Exodus 34:28;
Numbers 11:32 (twice in verse);
Joshua 10:13 (all J E),
Deuteronomy 9:9,
11,
18,
25;
Deuteronomy 10:10 (D),
Genesis 1:5,
14,
16,
18 (P),
1 Samuel 30:12;
Judges 19:8,
9 (twice in verse);
Judges 19:11;
Amos 5:8;
1 Kings 8:29;
1 Kings 19:8;
Nehemiah 4:16;
Ecclesiastes 8:16; ||
לִפְנֵי בוֺאהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ 2 Samuel 3:35;
חֹם הַיּ׳ Genesis 18:1(J)
the heat of the day 1 Samuel 11:11;
2 Samuel 4:5;
עוֺד גָּדוֺל הַיּ׳ Genesis 29:7 (J)
the day is still high, not near its end;
רוּחַ הַיּ׳ Genesis 3:8 coll of the day;
מִןהָֿאוֺר עַדֿ מַחֲצִית הַיּ׳ Nehemiah 8:3 from dawn until mid-day; so also probably of mid-day
הוֺלך ואור עַדנְֿכוֺן הַיּוֺם Proverbs 4:18 growing lighter and lighter until the full day; note phrase in
Judges 19,
עַדנְֿטוֺת הַיּ׳ Judges 19:8 until the declining of the day;
לַעֲרוֺב רָפָה הַיּ׳ Judges 19:9 the day hath sunk down to become evening;
חֲנוֺת הַיּ׳ Judges 19:9 the declining of the day;
רַד מְאֹד הַיּ׳ Judges 19:11 the day has gone down exceedingly (is far spent).
2. Day as division of time:
h. with suffix, thy, his, or their day, in sense of
3. יוֺם י׳ day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous (see RS
Proph. 396 f. Dr
Isaiah 28);
Amos 5:18 (twice in verse);
Amos 5:20;
Isaiah 2:12;
Isaiah 13:6,
9;
Zephaniah 1:7 (compare
Zephaniah 1:8),
Zephaniah 1:14 (twice in verse); (compare
Zephaniah 1:15;
Zephaniah 1:16),
Jeremiah 46:10;
Ezekiel 13:5;
Ezekiel 30:3 (compare
Ezekiel 36:33;
Ezekiel 39:8,
11,
13);
Obad 15;
Zechariah 14:1; Malachi 3:23 (compare
Zechariah 14:7;
Malachi 3:2,
17; Malachi 3:19 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:21),
Joel 1:15;
Joel 2:1,
11 (compare
Joel 2:2 (twice in verse),
Joel 3:4; Joel 4:14 [
Joel 3:14];
יוֺם עֶבְרַת י׳ Zephaniah 1:18;
יוֺם עֶבְרָה Proverbs 11:4;
אַפּוֹ חֲרוֺן יוֺםּוֺ Isaiah 13:13;
Lamentations 1:12;
יוֺם נָקָם Isaiah 34:8;
Isaiah 61:2;
Isaiah 63:4;
יוֺם נְקָמָה Jeremiah 46:10;
יוֺם אַף י׳ Zephaniah 2:2,
3;
Lamentations 2:22;
יוֺם אַפּוֹ Lamentations 2:1; compare also
Zechariah 14:7 (where senses of
1 &
2 are combined, compare
Esther 4:16 2c above);
וְהָיָה יוֺםֿ לֹא יוֺם וְלֹא לָ֑יְלָה אֶחָד הוּא יִּוָּדַע לי׳ but there shall be one day, known shall it be of י׳ not day and not night; compare also
ביום ההוא 7g below.
4. plural days of any one:
a. = his life, his age
Genesis 6:3 (J),
Deuteronomy 22:19,
29;
Deuteronomy 23:7;
Joshua 24:31 (twice in verse) (D),
Judges 2:7 (twice in verse);
Judges 2:18;
1 Samuel 25:28, etc.;
Genesis 5:4,
8,
11;
Genesis 9:29;
Genesis 11:32 (all P),
Job 7:1 (twice in verse);
Job 7:6,
16;
Job 8:9,
Psalm 39:5 Psalm 39:6;
Psalm 90:9;
Psalm 90:10;
Psalm 90:12;
Psalm 90:14;
Psalm 103:15;
כָּליְֿמֵי חַיֶּיךָ Genesis 3:14,
17 (J),
Psalm 23:6, so
Proverbs 31:12;
יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיִּים 2 Samuel 19:35;
Genesis 25:7;
Genesis 47:8,
9 (all P);
יְמֵי חַיָּיו Ecclesiastes 5:17;
Ecclesiastes 5:19;
יְמֵי שָׁנָיו Ecclesiastes 6:3;
יְמֵי שְׁנוֺתֵינוּ Psalm 90:10;
חַיֵּיהֶם יְמֵי סִסְפַּר Ecclesiastes 2:3;
מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֺ Ecclesiastes 6:12 the number of the days of the years of his vanity, i.e. his empty, fleeting years;
הָאֲדָמָה עַל־פְּנֵי חַיִּים אֲשֶׁר־הֵם כָּל־הַיָּמִים 1 Kings 8:40;
יָמִים רַבִּים long life 1 Kings 3:11=
2 Chronicles 1:11;
בָּא בַּיָּמִים advanced in days = of advanced age
Genesis 18:11;
Genesis 24:1 (both J),
Joshua 13:1 (twice in verse) (JE),
Joshua 23:1,
2(D),
1 Kings 1:1;
מִיָּמָיו 1 Kings 1:6 from his (earliest)
days, so
מִיָּמֶיךָ 1 Samuel 25:28 (see Dr),
Job 38:12;
שְׂבַע יָמִים Job 42:17;
1 Kings 8:40;
יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ Exodus 20:12 (JE)
that thy days may be long =
Deuteronomy 5:16, see further
ארך;
יָמִים עַליְֿמֵימֶֿלֶךְ תּוֺסִיף Psalm 61:7 i.e. prolong the king's life;
outlive is
הֶאֱרִיךְ יָמִים אַחֲרֵי Joshua 24:31(D),
Judges 2:7;
אֹרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֺת חַיִּים Proverbs 3:2 length of days and years of life;
אֹרֶךְ יָמִים Proverbs 3:16;
כְּיָמֶיךָ דבאך Deuteronomy 33:25 according to (the length of)
thy life shall be [
thy strength ? read
רבאך ?] see Di VB; rarely singular e.g.
קְשֵׁהֿ יוֺם Job 30:25 one hurd of day, i.e. whose day (=
life) was hard; of life as approaching its end,
וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי ישׂראל לָמוּת Genesis 47:29 (J)
and the days of Israel drew near for dying, so
Deuteronomy 31:14;
1 Kings 2:1 (compare
Job 7:6,
16;
Job 8:9;
Ecclesiastes 2:3 above)
5. Days:
b. of long time,
זֶה יָמִים אוֺ זֶה שָׁנִים 1 Samuel 29:3 these days or these years;
אוֺ יֹמַיִם אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺ יָמִים Numbers 9:22 (P)
whether two days or a month or days (an indefinitely long period);
יָמִים רַבִּים many days Genesis 21:34 (JE)
Genesis 37:34 (J) +;
וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וגו׳ Genesis 38:12 (J)
and the days were multiplied (= time passed) and Judah's wife died,
1 Samuel 7:2;
אָֽרְכוּ לוֺ שָׁם הַיָּמִים Genesis 26:8 (J)
the days were long to him there =
he had been there a long time;
רַבִּים יָמִים ֗֗֗ הֶעָנָן בְּהַאֲרִיךְ Numbers 9:19 (P)
when the cloud prolonged many days (remained a long time) upon the tabernacle — See also
6 below.
6. יוֺם = time;
7. Phrases, without preposition and with, are:
a.
d. יוֺם in construct before verbs, both literally, the day of, and (often) in general sense = the time of (forcible and pregnantly, representing the act vividly as that of a single day):
(1) before infinitive,
† (2) plural construct before infinitive:
† (3) singular construct with preposition before finite verb in perfect:
† (6) plural construct before imperfect:
כִּימֵי אֱלוֺתַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי Job 29:2;
† (7) מִיּוֺם construct before rel. clause:
מִיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי לְפָנֶיךָ 1 Samuel 29:8 since the day when (=
as long as)
I have been before thee,
Nehemiah 5:14;
† (8) plural construct before rel. clause
כָּליְֿמֵי אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכֹּן Numbers 9:18 as long as the cloud remained, etc.
e.
(1) יוֺם יוֺם day by day Genesis 39:10 (J),
Exodus 16:5 (P),
Proverbs 8:30,
Proverbs 8:34, Psalm 61:9,
Psalm 68:20 (+
Jeremiah 7:25,
Psalm 13:3 Lag, see
יוֹמָם); so (late) †
בְּיוֹם לְיוֹם 2 Chronicles 24:11; †
בְּיוֹם יוֹם 2 Chronicles 30:21,
Nehemiah 8:18; †
בְּיוֹם לְעֶת־יוֹם 1 Chronicles 12:22;
בְּיוֹם יוֹם עֹלֹת Ezra 3:4;
בְּיוֹם יוֹם בִּדְבַר 2 Chronicles 8:13;
אֶל־יוֹם מִיּוֹם from day to day 1 Chronicles 16:23=
לְיוֹם מִיּוֹם Psalm 96:2 (
Esther 3:7 see below); †
וָיוֹם יוֹם Esther 3:4 (very late, see
וְ 1 i (
b), and Dr
Intr. 505);
בְּכָליֿוֺם וָיוֺם Esther 2:11; †
כְּיוֺם בְּיוֺם 1 Samuel 18:10 as daily =
according to daily habit;
(2) מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם Esther 3:7, is in phrase of casting lots for
one day after another; (
מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה see
6c);
f. †
כָּלהַֿיָּמִים =
always, continually,
Genesis 43:9;
Genesis 44:32 (both J),
Deuteronomy 4:40;
Deuteronomy 5:26;
Deuteronomy 6:24;
Deuteronomy 11:1;
Deuteronomy 14:23;
Deuteronomy 18:5;
Deuteronomy 19:9;
Deuteronomy 28:29,
33;
Joshua 4:24 (D),
Judges 16:16;
1 Samuel 2:32,
35;
1 Samuel 18:29;
1 Samuel 23:14;
1 Samuel 28:2;
2 Samuel 13:37;
2 Samuel 19:14;
Jeremiah 31:36;
Jeremiah 32:39;
Jeremiah 33:18;
Jeremiah 35:19;
1 Kings 5:15;
1 Kings 9:3;
1 Kings 11:36,
39;
1 Kings 12:7;
1 Kings 14:30;
2 Kings 8:19;
2 Kings 13:3;
2 Kings 17:37;
2 Chronicles 7:16;
10:7;
12:15;
21:7;
Job 1:5; also (only in prophetic writers and in poetry) †
כָּלהַֿיּוֺם Genesis 6:5 (J),
Hosea 12:2;
Deuteronomy 28:32;
Deuteronomy 33:12;
Jeremiah 20:7,
8;
Isaiah 28:24;
Isaiah 51:13;
Isaiah 52:5 (both
תָּמִיד כלהֿיום),
Isaiah 65:2,
5;
Lamentations 1:13;
Lamentations 3:3,
14,
62;
Psalm 25:5;
Psalm 32:3;
Psalm 35:28;
Psalm 37:26;
Psalm 38:7;
Psalm 38:13;
Psalm 42:4;
Psalm 42:11;
Psalm 44:9;
Psalm 44:16;
Psalm 44:23;
Psalm 52:3;
Psalm 56:2;
Psalm 56:3;
Psalm 56:6;
Psalm 71:8;
Psalm 71:15;
Psalm 71:24;
Psalm 72:15;
Psalm 73:14;
Psalm 74:22;
Psalm 86:3;
Psalm 88:18;
Psalm 89:17;
Psalm 102:9;
Psalm 119:97;
Proverbs 21:26;
Proverbs 23:17.
g. additional phrase with
בְּ =
on a particular day:
בַּיּוֺם הַחֲמִישִׁי Judges 19:18, so
Genesis 2:2 (twice in verse) + often;
בְּכָליֿוֺם every day Psalm 7:12;
Psalm 88:10;
Psalm 145:2;
בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא of definite time in past
Genesis 15:18;
Genesis 33:16 + (see also
3 above); compare
הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה (no preposition)
Exodus 13:3 (JE);
בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא of time defined in subsequent context,
1 Samuel 3:2 at that time when Eli was laid down, i.e. at the particular time of the following incident (=
at a certain time, on one particular day; compare
Genesis 39:11 below
h; see Da
Synt. § 21. e. R. 1, 2 and especially Dr
1 Samuel 1:4;
1 Samuel 19:3);
בַּיּוֺם הַזֶּה Genesis 7:11 +;
בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה on this selfsame day Genesis 7:13 + (see
עֶצֶם);
בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא also of future
1 Samuel 3:12;
Deuteronomy 31:17 (twice in verse);
Deuteronomy 31:18; and very often in prophets, as formula in describing what is to come at time of future blessing, retribution, etc.,
Amos 8:3,
9;
Hosea 2:18;
Hosea 2:20;
Hosea 2:23 etc., especially
Isaiah 2:11,
17,
20;
Isaiah 3:7,
18;
Isaiah 4:1,
2 + often; plural
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם of past
Genesis 6:4 (J),
Judges 18:1 (twice in verse);
Judges 19:1;
Judges 21:25;
1 Samuel 3:1 + often; of future
Deuteronomy 17:9;
Deuteronomy 19:17;
Deuteronomy 26:3.
h. with
כַּיּוֺם ׃כְּ as or
like the day Psalm 139:12;
כַּיּוֺם הַהוּא Joshua 10:14;
כְּיוֺם Hosea 2:5 as at
the day of;
כְּיוֺם תָּמִים Joshua 10:13 about a whole day; †
כַּיּוֺם literally
at (about) to-day =
now (see
כְּ)
1 Samuel 9:27;
1 Kings 22:5 2 Chronicles 18:4;
Isaiah 58:4; so †
כְּהַיּוֺם 1 Samuel 9:13 +
1 Samuel 9:12 We Dr (for MT
כי היום),
Nehemiah 5:11; †
כַּיּוֺם =
at once, first of all Genesis 25:31,
33;
1 Samuel 2:16;
1 Kings 1:51; often with adjective pronoun to point out agreement of result with promise or prediction, †
כַּיּוֺם הַזֶּה as it is
this day Genesis 50:20 (E),
1 Samuel 22:8,
13, and especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and subsequent writing:
Deuteronomy 2:30;
Deuteronomy 4:20,
38;
Deuteronomy 8:18;
Deuteronomy 10:15;
Deuteronomy 29:27;
Jeremiah 11:5;
Jeremiah 25:18 (gloss, omitted by
, compare especially Kue
Einl. § 56. 1),
Jeremiah 32:20;
Jeremiah 44:6,
23;
1 Kings 3:6;
1 Kings 8:24,
61;
1 Chronicles 28:7;
2 Chronicles 6:15;
Daniel 9:7,
15; so †
כְּהַיּוֺם הַזֶּה Deuteronomy 6:24;
Jeremiah 44:22;
Ezra 9:7,
15;
Nehemiah 9:10; in
Genesis 39:11 (J) this phrase =
on this particular day (when the incident to be narrated occurred; compare
ביום ההוא g above.)
† l. ׃עַד (ה)יום עַד יוֺם הָאֶחָד וגו׳ Exodus 12:18 until the 21st day,
Leviticus 19:6 +;
עַדיֿוֺם מוֺתוֺ Judges 13:7;
1 Samuel 15:35;
2 Samuel 6:23 +, etc., see also (followed by infinitive)
c above;
עַדהַֿיּוֺם until to-day, denoting especially permanence of a name or situation, or of result of an event, †
Genesis 19:37,
38 (J),
Genesis 35:20 (E),
2 Kings 10:27;
Ezekiel 20:31; more often
עַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה until this day Genesis 26:33 (J), Genesis 32:33 (P or R),
Genesis 47:26 (J),
Genesis 48:15 (E),
Exodus 10:6;
Numbers 22:30 (both J),
Deuteronomy 2:22;
Deuteronomy 3:14;
Deuteronomy 10:8;
Deuteronomy 11:4;
Deuteronomy 29:3;
Deuteronomy 34:6;
Joshua 4:9;
Joshua 5:9;
Joshua 6:25;
Joshua 7:26 (twice in verse);
Joshua 8:28,
29;
Joshua 9:27;
Joshua 13:13;
Joshua 14:14;
Joshua 15:63;
Joshua 16:10 (all J E),
Joshua 22:3 (D),
Joshua 22:17 (P),
Joshua 23:8,
9 (D),
Judges 1:21,
26;
Judges 6:24;
Judges 10:4;
Judges 15:19;
Judges 18:12;
Judges 19:30;
1 Samuel 5:5;
1 Samuel 6:18;
1 Samuel 8:8;
1 Samuel 12:2;
1 Samuel 27:6;
1 Samuel 29:3,
6,
8;
1 Samuel 30:25;
2 Samuel 4:3;
2 Samuel 6:8 =
1 Chronicles 13:11;
2 Samuel 7:6 =
1 Chronicles 17:5;
2 Samuel 18:18 + often;
עַדעֶֿצֶם הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה †
Joshua 10:27 (JE),
Ezekiel 2:3 (compare
Leviticus 23:14 H);
עַדֿ הַיּוֺם הַהוּא †
Judges 18:1;
Nehemiah 8:17.
†m. once
עַליֿוֺם טוֺב 1 Samuel 25:8 upon a good day, i.e. a day of social cheerfulness, feasting, rejoicing (with rare
עַל temporal compare Dr;
יוֺם טוֺב also
Esther 8:17;
Esther 9:19,
22, see
טוֺב adjective)
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