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Lexicon :: Strong's H3391 - yeraḥ

Aa
יֶרַח
Transliteration
yeraḥ
Pronunciation
yeh'-rakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a unused root of uncertain signification
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 913b

Strong’s Definitions

יֶרַח yerach, yeh'-rakh; from an unused root of uncertain significance; a lunation, i.e. month:—month, moon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H3391 in the following manner: month (11x), moon (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H3391 in the following manner: month (11x), moon (2x).

  1. month (lunar cycle), moon

    1. month

    2. calendar month

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֶרַח yerach, yeh'-rakh; from an unused root of uncertain significance; a lunation, i.e. month:—month, moon.
STRONGS H3391: Abbreviations
† I. יֶ֫רַח noun masculineZechariah 11:8 month (Aramaic יַרְחָא, bdb043702 new moon, month; Palmyrene ירח VogNo. 1; Assyrian arḫu COTGlossary Muss-ArnoltJBL xi. 1892, 73, 163; compare Phoenician Ethiopic below יָרֵחַ; Sabean ורחֿ month, DHMZMG 1876, 603; 1883, 369 HalJAS vii, 1, 516) — absolute יֶ֫רַח 1 Kings 6:37 3 times; construct id. Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13; plural יְרָחִים Exodus 2:2 3 times; construct יַרְחֵי Job 7:3; Job 29:2; —
1. month, as measure of time, during, or in which Exodus 2:2 (E), Zechariah 11:8; Job 39:2; יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא Job 7:3; יַרְחֵי קֶדֶם Job 29:2; pleonastic יֶרַח יָמִים a month (of) days = a month of time Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13.
2. calendar month, with name יֶרַח זִו 1 Kings 6:37 (2nd mo., compare H2320 1 Kings 6:1); יֶרַח בּוּל 1 Kings 6:38 (8th mo.); הָאֵתָנִים יֶרַח 1 Kings 8:2 (7th mo.); compare יְרָחִים בְּמִסְפַּר אַל־יָבֹא Job 3:6; גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָתִים Deuteronomy 33:4 [Deuteronomy 33:14] produce of months, i.e. of various seasons of year. — compare synonym חֹדֶשׁ.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3393.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:2; 2:2

Deuteronomy

21:13; 21:13; 33:4

1 Kings

6:37; 6:37; 6:38; 8:2

2 Kings

15:13; 15:13

Job

3:6; 7:3; 7:3; 29:2; 29:2; 39:2

Zechariah

11:8; 11:8

H3391

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Strong's Number H3391 matches the Hebrew יֶרַח (yeraḥ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14 - And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:37 - In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38 - And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the building of the house was complete in every detail, as it had been designed. So he was seven years building it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:2 - And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum, the son of Jabesh, became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah; and he was ruling in Samaria for the space of one month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:2 - If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:2 - Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:8 - And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
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