3117. yom
Lexical Summary
yom: day
Original Word: יוֹם
Transliteration: yom
Phonetic Spelling: (yome)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: day
Meaning: a day
Strong's Concordance
age, always, continually, daily, birth, each, today,

From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) -- age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... Live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.

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H3117. yom

יוֺם2285 noun masculineGenesis 1:5 day (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יומָא‎, ; Phoenician ים‎; MI5 ימן‎, suffix ימי1:6; 1:9; Genesis 1:33, plural construct ימי1:8, suffix 3masculine singular ימה‎; SI3 ים‎; Zinjirli יום‎ DHMSendsch Gloss; Plam. יום‎ VogNo. 123a, Oxon. iii.; Arabic ; Ethiopic Sabean ים יום,‎ MordtZMG 1876, 29, יומה‎ DHMZMG 1883, 328 SabDenkm61; Assyrian ummu, ûmu COTGloss; derivation unknown; on √ and relation of יום‎ to Phoenician ימם‎, Aramaic ימם‎, , see NöZMG 1886, 721 BaZMG 1887, 632 f.) — יוֺם‎ absolute 1:5 +; construct 2:4 +; suffix יוֺמְךָJeremiah 50:31; יוֺמוֺExodus 5:13 22t.; יוֺמָםJeremiah 50:27; Ezekiel 21:34; dual יוֺמַ֫יִםExodus 21:21; יוֺמָ֑יִם16:29; Numbers 11:19; יֹמַ֫יִם9:22; יֹמָ֑יִםHosea 6:2 ; plural יָמִיםGenesis 4:3 +; יָמִם‎; Numbers 6:5; יָמִין‎ (Aramaic form; Ges§ 87, 1 a) Daniel 12:13; יָמִ֫ימָה מִיָּמִיםExodus 13:10 4t.; construct יְמֵיGenesis 3:14 +; יְמוֺתDeuteronomy 32:7; Psalm 90:15 ; suffix יָמַיJob 7:6 9t.; יָמָ֑יGenesis 29:21+ 8 t.; יָמֵינוּJeremiah 35:8 7t., etc.; —

1 day, opposed to night, Genesis 7:14, 12; 8:22 (all J), 31:39-40, (E), Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Numbers 11:32 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:13 (all J E), Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 18, 25; 10:10 (D), Genesis 1:5, 14, 16, 18 (P), 1 Samuel 30:12; Judges 19:8-9, (twice in verse); 19:11; Amos 5:8; 1 Kings 8:29; 19:8; Nehemiah 4:16; Ecclesiastes 8:16; "" בוֺאהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִפְנֵי2 Samuel 3:35; הַיּ ׳חֹםGenesis 18:1(J) the heat of the day 1 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 4:5; ׳הַיּ גָּדוֺל עוֺדGenesis 29:7 (J) the day is still high, not near its end; הַיּ ׳רוּחַ3:8 coll of the day; הַיּ ׳מַחֲצִית עַדֿ מִןהָֿאוֺרNehemiah 8:3 from dawn until mid-day; so also probably of mid-day הַיּוֺם עַדנְֿכוֺן ואור הוֺלךProverbs 4:18 growing lighter and lighter until the full day; note phrase in Judges 19, הַיּ ׳עַדנְֿטוֺתJudges 19:8 until the declining of the day; הַיּ ׳רָפָה לַעֲרוֺב19:9 the day hath sunk down to become evening; הַיּ ׳חֲנוֺת19:9 the declining of the day; ׳הַיּ מְאֹד רַד19:11 the day has gone down exceedingly (is far spent).

2 Day as division of time:

a. working-day Exodus 20:9-10, (E) = Deuteronomy 5:18; Exodus 16:26, 30 (twice in verse) (J), 23:12 (JE), 31:15 (P), Leviticus 23:3 (H); הַמַּעֲשֶׂה יְמֵיEzekiel 46:1.

b. יוֺם דֶּרֶךְa day's journey Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse)( J E), 1 Kings 19:4; אֶחָד יוֺם מַהֲלַךְJonah 3:4; יָמִים שְׁלשֶׁת דֶּרֶךְa three days' journey Genesis 30:36; Exodus 3:18; 5:3; 8:23 (all J), Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (JE), 33:8 (P); יָמִים שְׁלשֶׁת מַהֲלַךְJonah 3:3; so seven days' journey Genesis 31:23 (E), 2 Kings 3:9; without דֶּרֶךְ‎ etc., יָמִים שְׁלשֶׁתExodus 15:22 (E) they went three days, etc.

c. to denote duration of various other acts or states: seven days Genesis 7:4, 10; 8:10, 12; forty days 7:17; 8:6 (all J); 150 days 7:24; 8:3 (both P), 1 Samuel 25:38; 1 Kings 8:65 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 42:7; Ezekiel 4:5-6, 1 Chronicles 9:25; Ezra 6:22; Esther 1:4 etc. In 4:16

1 &

2 are combined: וָיוֺם לַיְלָה יָמִים שְׁלשֶׁת וְאַלתִּֿשְׁתּוּdo not eat and do not drink for thee days, night or day (see Zechariah 14:7 below

3 below)

d. day as defined by evening and morning Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 (all P; compare further עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר,‎); see also 2:2 (twice in verse); 2:3 (P), Exodus 20:11 (twice in verse)(E), 32:17 (twice in verse) (P).

e. day of month (with ordinal number), chiefly P and late: Genesis 7:11; 8:4, 14; Exodus 12:6, 18 (twice in verse) +, 1 Kings 12:32; 12:33; Ezekiel 45:21; 45:25; Zechariah 1:7; Haggai 1:1; 1:15; Haggai 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:17 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:6; Nehemiah 8:2; 9:1; Daniel 10:4; Esther 3:12; 9:1 +; (יוֺם‎ often omitted e.g. Genesis 8:5, 13; Exodus 12:10; 2 Kings 25:1, 3; Ezekiel 1:1-2, Haggai 2:1, 20; Zechariah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2; Ezra 6:19; Esther 3:13, etc.)

f. יוֺם‎ defined by substantive, infinitive, or other clause: (1) construct הַשֶּׁלֶג יוֺם‎ = the snowy day 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:22; סַגְרִיר יוֺםProverbs 27:15 = rainy d.; קָרָה יוֺם25:20 = cold d.; (so, = time צָרָתִי יוֺםGenesis 35:3 (E) d. of my distrees; Jeremiah 18:17; Lamentations 1:7; Proverbs 24:10; 25:19; 27:10; מוֺתוֺ יוֺם‎ etc. Judges 13:7; 2 Samuel 6:23; 2 Kings 15:5 + often; compare אֶתמַּֿרְעֹה הֻלֶּדֶת יוֺםGenesis 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh's birthday; הִוָּלְדָהּ כְּיוֺםHosea 2:5 compare Ecclesiastes 7:1 (see also 7d below; compare יוֺמוֺJob 3:1), חֲתֻנָּה יוםSong of Solomon 3:11; of day emphatically characterized by prophets and others וּמְבוּכָה וּמְבוּסָה מְהוּמָה יוֺםIsaiah 22:5 (see מְהוּמָה‎ below הום‎); וּנְאָצָה וְתוֺכֵחָה צָרָה יוֺם37:3 = 2 Kings 19:3; on the other hand לי רָצוֺן ׳יוֺםIsaiah 58:5 a day of acceptableness to ׳י‎; plural followed by substantive שָׂכִיר יְמֵיLeviticus 25:50 (H) the days of an hireling; (מִלֻּאֵיכֶםׅ יְמֵי8:33; Numbers 6:13; followed by rel. clause וגו ׳אִמִּי אֲשֶׁריְֿלָדַתְנִי יוֺם בּ֑וֺ יֻלַּדְתִּי אֲשֶׁר הַיּוֺם אָרוּרJeremiah 20:14 compare Job 3:3; also Psalm 118:24 (see i).

g. particular days defined by proper name, of a location: יִזְרְעֶאל יוֺםHosea 2:2 i.e. of judgement, with implied restoration; see also Isaiah 9:3; Ezekiel 30:9; הַגִּבְעָה יְמֵיHosea 9:9; 10:9, i.e. of the outrage at Gibeah (Judges 19:22ff.); ירושׁלם יוֺםPsalm 137:7 i.e. of Jerusalem's calamity, compare Jeremiah 50:27, 31.

h. with suffix, thy, his, or their day, in sense of (1) day of disaster or death: Psalms יוֺמְךָ בָּאJeremiah 50:31 thy day has come; וָמֵת יָבאֹ יומו אוֺ1 Samuel 26:10; יומו‎ in this sense also Ezekiel 21:30; Psalm 37:13; Job 18:20; יוֺמָם בָּאJeremiah 50:27; Ezekiel 21:34.

i. specifically a holy day: הַשַּׁבָּת יוֺםthe sabbath day (see also שַׁבָּת‎), Exodus 20:8, 11(E) = Deuteronomy 5:12, 15; Exodus 31:15; 35:3 +; = קָדְשִׁי יוֺםIsaiah 58:13; repetition הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֺםLeviticus 24:8 every Sabbath day; also הַכִּמֻּרים יוֺם23:27; 25:9; כִּמֻּרִים יוֺם23:28; הַבִּכּוּרִים יוֺםNumbers 28:26; חַגֵּנוּ יוֺםPsalm 81:4; מַלְכֵּנוּ יוֺםHosea 7:5; also of false gods, הַבְּעָלִים יִמֵי2:11.

3 י ׳יוֺםday of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous (see RSProph. 396 f. DrIsaiah 28); Amos 5:18 (twice in verse); 5:20; Isaiah 2:12; 13:6, 9; Zephaniah 1:7 (compare 1:8), 1:14; 1:14 (compare 1:15; 1:16), Jeremiah 46:10; Ezekiel 13:5; 30:3 (compare 36:33; 39:8, 11, 13); Obad 15; Zechariah 14:1; Malachi 3:23 (compare 14:7; Malachi 3:2, 17; Malachi 3:19 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:21), Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11 (compare 2:2; 2:2), 3:4; Joel 4:14; י עֶבְרַת ׳יוֺםZephaniah 1:18; עֶבְרָה יוֺםProverbs 11:4; אַמּוֺ חֲרוֺן יוֺםIsaiah 13:13; Lamentations 1:12; נָקָם יוֺםIsaiah 34:8; 61:2; 63:4; נְקָמָה יוֺםJeremiah 46:10; י אַף ׳יוֺםZephaniah 2:2-3, Lamentations 2:22; אַמּוֺ יוֺם2:1; compare also Zechariah 14:7 (where senses of 1 and

2 are combined, compare Esther 4:16 2c above); לי יִּוָּדַע הוּא ׳אֶחָד לָ֑יְלָה וְלֹא יוֺם לֹא יוֺםֿ וְהָיָהbut there shall be one day, known shall it be of ׳יnot day and not night; compare also ההוא ביום7g below

4 Plural days of any one:

a. = his life, his age Genesis 6:3 (J), Deuteronomy 22:19, 29; 23:7; Joshua 24:31 (twice in verse) (D), Judges 2:7 (twice in verse); 2:18; 1 Samuel 25:28, etc.; Genesis 5:4, 8, 11; 9:29; 11:32 (all P), Job 7:1 (twice in verse); 7:6, 16; 8:9, Psalm 39:5 (twice in verse); 90:9; 90:10; 90:12; 90:14; 103:15; חַיֶּיךָ כָּליְֿמֵיGenesis 3:14, 17 (J), Psalm 23:6, so Proverbs 31:12; חַיִּים שְׁנֵי יְמֵי2 Samuel 19:35; Genesis 25:7; 47:8-9, (all P); חַיָּיו יְמֵיEcclesiastes 5:17; 5:19; שָׁנָיו יְמֵי6:3; שְׁנוֺתֵינוּ יְמֵיPsalm 90:10; חַיֵּיהֶם יְמֵי מִסְמַּרEcclesiastes 2:3; הֶבְלוֺ חַיֵּי יְמֵי מִסְמַּר6:12 the number of the days of the years of his vanity, i.e. his empty, fleeting years; הָאֲדָמָה עַלמְּֿנֵי חַיִּים אֲשֶׁרהֵֿם כָּלהַּֿיָּמִים1 Kings 8:40; רַבִּים יָמִיםlong life 3:11= 2 Chronicles 1:11; בַּיָּמִים בָּאadvanced in days = of advanced age Genesis 18:11; 24:1 (both J), Joshua 13:1 (twice in verse) (JE), 23:1-2,(D), 1 Kings 1:1; מִיָּמָיו1:6 from his (earliest) days, so מִיָּמֶיךָ1 Samuel 25:28 (see Dr), Job 38:12; יָמִים שְׂבַע42:17; 1 Kings 8:40; יָמֶיךָ יַאֲרִכוּןExodus 20:12 (JE) that thy days may be long = Deuteronomy 5:16, see further ארך‎; תּוֺסִיף עַליְֿמֵימֶֿלֶךְ יָמִיםPsalm 61:7 i.e. prolong the king's life; outlive is אַחֲרֵי יָמִים הֶאֱרִיךְJoshua 24:31(D), Judges 2:7; חַיִּים וּשְׁנוֺת יָמִים אֹרֶךְProverbs 3:2 length of days and years of life; יָמִים אֹרֶךְ3:16; דבאך כְּיָמֶיךָDeuteronomy 33:25 according to (the length of) thy life shall be [ thy strength ? read רבאך‎ ?] see Di VB; rarely singular e.g. יוֺם קְשֵׁהֿJob 30:25 one hurd of day, i.e. whose day (= life) was hard; of life as approaching its end, לָמוּת ישׂראל יְמֵי וַיִּקְרְבוּGenesis 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; 8:9; Ecclesiastes 2:3 above)

b. (in) the days of (i.e. life-time, reign, or activity of) Genesis 10:25 (J), 14:1; Judges 5:6 (twice in verse); 8:28; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Kings 16:34; 21:29 (twice in verse); 22:47; 2 Kings 20:19; 2 Chronicles 13:20; 35:18 + often (so M 1:6. 8.8.9.33).

c. hence in phrase לְ הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר1 Kings 14:19, 29 31t. Kings, Nehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; 10:2; הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי מִסְמַּר1 Chronicles 27:24; הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת סֵפֶרEsther 6:1.

5 Days:

a. indefinite: אֲחָדִים יָמִיםsome days, a few days Genesis 27:44 (J), 29:10 (E), Daniel 11:20; יָמִים‎ alone Dan 40:4 (E) they were days (a certain time) in the prison 1 Kings 17:15; Nehemiah 1:4; יָמִים עוּלIsaiah 65:20 a suckling of (a few) days; מִיָּמִיםJudges 11:4 after a time, 15:1; so יָמִים מִקֵּץGenesis 4:3 (J) after the end of days, 1 Kings 17:7; יוֺמַיִם אוֺ יוֺםExodus 21:21(JE) a day or two. עָשׂוֺר אוֺ יָמִיםGenesis 24:55 (J) some days, or ten (days or a dekad; on question of text see Di).

b. of long time, שָׁנִים זֶה אוֺ יָמִים זֶה1 Samuel 29:3 these days or these years; יָמִים אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺ יֹמַיִם אוֺNumbers 9:22 (P) whether two days or a month or days (an indefinitely long period); רַבִּים יָמִיםmany days Genesis 21:34 (JE) 37:34 (J) +; וגו הַיָּמִים ׳וַיִּרְבּוּ38:12 (J) and the days were multiplied (= time passed) and Judah's wife died, 1 Samuel 7:2; הַיָּמִים שָׁם לוֺ אָֽרְכוּGenesis 26:8 (J) the days were long to him there = he had been there a long time; רַבִּים הֶעָנָןיָ֗֗֗מִים בְּהַאֲרִיךְNumbers 9:19 (P) when the cloud prolonged many days (remained a long time) upon the tabern — See also 6 below

c. days of old, former or ancient times (especially of early period of Israel hist): עוֺלָם יְמוֺתDeuteronomy 32:7 (poem); עוֺלם יְמֵיMicah 5:1; 7:14; Isaiah 63:9, 11; קֶדֶם יְמֵיMicah 7:20; מִקֶּדֶם יָמִיםPsalm 77:6; 143:5; compare הָרִאשֹׁנִים הַיָּמִיםEcclesiastes 7:10; coming days הַבָּאִים הַיָּמִים2:16; coming time אַהֲרוֺן יוֺםProverbs 31:25; especially הַיָּמִים (ב)אַחֲרִית‎ see above; הַיָּמִין לְקֵץDaniel 12:13.

6 יוֺם‎ = time;

a. vividly in General sense (see also

5 above): time of harvest Proverbs 25:13; usually יְמֵיGenesis 30:14 (J), Joshua 3:15; Numbers 13:20 (twice in verse) (all J E), Judges 15:1; 2 Samuel 21:9; proper time for paying wages Deuteronomy 24:15 compare Job 14:6; time of parturition לָלֶדֶת יָמֶיהָ וַיִּמְלְאוּGenesis 25:24.

b. apposition to other expressions of time (Dr§ 192 (1) DaSynt. § 29. d): יָמִים חֹדֶשׁa month of time Genesis 29:14 (J; literally a month, time), Numbers 11:20-21, (JE); = יָמִים יֶרַחDeuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13; חדשׁים ארבעה יָמִיםJudges 19:2 time, four months (si vera lectio, see 1 Samuel 27:7); יָמִים שְׁנָתַיִם (מִקֵּץ)Genesis 41:1 (E) two years (of) time, 2 Samuel 13:23; 14:28; Jeremiah 28:3, 11; יָמִים שָׁבֻעִים שְׁלשָׁהDaniel 10:2-3,three weeks (of) time.

c. plural in specific sense, apparently = year, literal יָמִים1 Samuel 27:7; Leviticus 25:29 (H); לַיָּמִיםJudges 17:10; הַיָּמִים זֶבַךְ1 Samuel 1:21; 2:19; 20:6; חדשׁים וארבעה יָמִים27:7 = a year and four months (compare Judges 19:2 above

b.); יָמִ֫ימָה מִיָּמִים‎ = from year to year, yearly Exodus 13:10 (JE), Judges 11:40 (compare vb), 21:19; 1 Samuel 1:3; 2:19; לַיָּמִים יָמִים מִקֵּץ2 Samuel 14:26; אוֺיָֿמִים חֹדֶשׁ אוֺ יֹמַיִםNumbers 9:22 (P); distributive 14:34 (twice in verse) (P), Ezekiel 4:6 (twice in verse); שְׁנַיִם לְיָמִים הַקֵּץ צֵּאת וּכְעֵת מִיָּמִים לְיָמִים וַיְהִי2 Chronicles 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. probably years, see Be).

7 Phrases, without preposition and with, are:

a.-1הַיּוֺם‎ = to-day Genesis 4:14; 31:43, 48;

b. וַֹֿ הַיּוֺם וַיְהִיand the day came, that (or when) 1 Samuel 1:4 (see Dr), 2 Kings 4:8, 11, 18; Job 1:6, 13; 2:1.

c. בָּאִים יָמִים הִנֵּהlo! days are coming, when, etc.; especially in Amos, Jeremiah: 1 Samuel 2:31; Amos 4:2; 8:11; 9:13; Isaiah 39:6 = 2 Kings 20:17; Jeremiah 7:32 13t. Jeremiah

d. יוֺם‎ in construct def. 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, (α) singular without preposition צֵאתְךָ אֶתיֿוֺםDeuteronomy 16:3 and thou shalt remember the day of thy going out from the land Egypt, Isaiah 58:5; Ezekiel 39:13; Malachi 3:2 compare Ecclesiastes 7:1 (מִן‎ comparative); (β) עַדיֿוֺםJoshua 6:10; Judges 18:30 5t.; (γ) בְּיוֺםGenesis 2:4, 17; 3:5 53t.; (δ) כְּיוֺםHosea 2:5; 2:17; Zephaniah 3:8; Zechariah 14:3; (ε) מִיּוֺם1 Samuel 7:2; 8:8; 29:6; 2 Samuel 13:32; 2 Kings 8:6; Deuteronomy 9:24; Leviticus 23:15; Ezekiel 28:15; (ζ) לְמִיּוֺםJudges 19:30; 2 Samuel 7:6; Isaiah 7:17; (2) plural construct before infinitive: (α) כָּליְֿמֵיJudges 18:31; 1 Samuel 22:4; 25:7, 16; Leviticus 26:34-35, Numbers 6:6; 2 Chronicles 36:21; (β) בִּימֵיRuth 1:1; 2 Chronicles 26:5; (γ) כִּימֵיMicah 7:15; (3) singular construct with preposition before finite verb in perfect: (α) compare י דִּבֶּר ׳בְּיוֺם בְּ,Exodus 6:28 in the day (when) ׳יspoke, so Numbers 3:1; Deuteronomy 4:15; also Leviticus 7:35; 2 Samuel 22:1 = Psalm 18:1; 138:3; Zechariah 8:9; (β) מִיּוֺםJeremiah 36:2; (4) singular construct before imperfect: אֶקְרָא בְּיוֺםPsalm 56:10 in the day (when) I cry, 103:3; Lamentations 5:7; also without אִירָא יוֺם בְּ,Psalm 56:4 (at the) time (when) I am afraid; (5) plural construct before perfect: אִתָּם הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ כָּליְֿמֵי1 Samuel 25:15, so Leviticus 14:46 (probably, see Di); כִּימוֺתPsalm 90:15; (6) plural construct before imperfect: יִשְׁמְרֵנִי אֱלוֺתַּ כִּימֵיJob 29:2; -7מִיּוֺם‎ construct before rel. clause: לְפָנֶיךָ הָיִיתִי אֲשֶׁר מִיּוֺם1 Samuel 29:8 since the day when (= as long as) I have been before thee, Nehemiah 5:14; (8) plural construct before rel. clause יִשְׁכֹּן אֲשֶׁר כָּליְֿמֵיNumbers 9:18 as long as the cloud remained, etc.

e.-1יוֺם יוֺםday by day Genesis 39:10 (J),

1i (b), p. 253 above and DrIntr. 505); וָיוֺם בְּכָליֿוֺםEsther 2:11; בְּיוֺם כְּיוֺם1 Samuel 18:10 as daily = according to daily habit; (2) לְיוֺם מִיּוֺםEsther 3:7, is in phrase of casting lots for one day after another; (יָמִ֫ימָה מִיָּמִים‎ see 6c); (3) of daily duties, observances, etc.: בְּיוֺמוֺ יוֺם דְּבַרeach day's affair in its day Exodus 5:13, 19; 16:4 (all J), Leviticus 23:37 (H), 1 Kings 8:59; 2 Kings 25:30 = Jeremiah 52:34; Ezra 3:4; Nehemiah 11:23; 12:47; Daniel 1:5; בְּיוֺמוֺ יוֺם לִדְבַר1 Chronicles 16:37; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 31:16. feminine כָּלהַֿיָּמִים‎ = always, continually, Genesis 43:9; 44:32 (both J), Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:26; 6:24; 11:1; 14:23; 18:5; 19:9; 28:29, 33; Joshua 4:24 (D), Judges 16:16; 1 Samuel 2:32, 35; 18:29; 23:14; 28:2; 2 Samuel 13:37; 19:14; Jeremiah 31:36; 32:39; 33:18; 35:19; 1 Kings 5:15; 9:3; 11:36, 39; 12:7; 14:30; 2 Kings 8:19; 13:3; 17:37; 2 Chronicles 7:16; 10:7; 12:15; 21:7; Job 1:5; also (only in prophetic writers and in poetry) כָּלהַֿיּוֺםGenesis 6:5 (J), Hosea 12:2; Deuteronomy 28:32; 33:12; Jeremiah 20:7-8, Isaiah 28:24; 51:13; 52:5 (both כלהֿיום תָּמִיד‎), 65:2, 5; Lamentations 1:13; 3:3, 14, 62; Psalm 25:5; 32:3; 35:28; 37:26; 38:7; 38:13; 42:4; 42:11; 44:9; 44:16; 44:23; 52:3; 56:2; 56:3; 56:6; 71:8; 71:15; 71:24; 72:15; 73:14; 74:22; 86:3; 88:18; 89:17; 102:9; 119:97; Proverbs 21:26; 23:17.

g. additional phrase with בְּ‎ = on a particular day: הַחֲמִישִׁי בַּיּוֺםJudges 19:18, so Genesis 2:2 (twice in verse) + often; בְּכָליֿוֺםevery day Psalm 7:12; 88:10; 145:2; הַהוּא בַּיּוֺם‎ of definite time in past Genesis 15:18; 33:16 + (see also

3 above); compare הַזֶּה הַיּוֺם‎ (no preposition) Exodus 13:3 (JE); הַהוּא בַּיּוֺם‎ 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 Sub

h; see DaSynt. § 21. e. R. 1, 2 and especially Dr 1 Samuel 1:4; 19:3); הַזֶּה בַּיּוֺםGenesis 7:11 +; הַזֶּה הַיּוֺם בְּעֶצֶםon this selfsame day 7:13 (see עֶצֶם‎); הַהוּא בַּיּוֺם‎ also of future 1 Samuel 3:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 (twice in verse); 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; 2:20; 2:23 etc., especially Isaiah 2:11, 17, 20; 3:7, 18; 4:1-2,+ often; plural הָהֵם בַּיָּמִים‎ of past Genesis 6:4 (J), Judges 18:1 (twice in verse); 19:1; 21:25; 1 Samuel 3:1 + often; of future Deuteronomy 17:9; 19:17; 26:3.

h. with ׃כְּ כַּיּוֺםas or like the day Psalm 139:12; הַהוּא כַּיּוֺםJoshua 10:14; כְּיוֺםHosea 2:5 as at the day of; תָּמִים כְּיוֺםJoshua 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 כְּהַיּוֺם1 Samuel 9:13 + 9:12 We Dr (for היום כי ᵑ0‎), 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, הַזֶּה כַּיּוֺםas it is this day Genesis 50:20 (E), 1 Samuel 22:8, 13, and especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and subsequent writing: Deuteronomy 2:30; 4:20, 38; 8:18; 10:15; 29:27; Jeremiah 11:5; 25:18 (gloss, omitted by ᵐ5‎, compare especially KueEinl. § 56. 1), 32:20; 44:6, 23; 1 Kings 3:6; 8:24, 61; 1 Chronicles 28:7; 2 Chronicles 6:15; Daniel 9:7, 15; so הַזֶּה כְּהַיּוֺםDeuteronomy 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 ההוא ביום

g above)

i. with ׃לְ לְיוֺםon, at (literally with reference to) Hosea 9:5 (twice in verse) what will ye do on the day of assembly, etc., Isaiah 10:3; אֶחָד לְיוֺם1 Kings 5:2 bread for one day; לִשְׁנַיִם וְלֹא אֶחָד לְיוֺם לֹא הַמְּלָאכָהEzra 10:13; distributive phrase לַיּוֺם אֶחָד נָשִׂיא לַיּוֺם אֶחָד נָשִׂיאNumbers 7:11 (P), Job 21:30 (twice in verse); compare לַיּוֺם‎ Malachi 1:17; לַיּוםagainst, i.e. in expectation of Exodus 19:11, so קְרָב לְיוֺםJob 38:23; Proverbs 21:31; קוּמִי לְיוֺם‎ almost = until Zephaniah 3:8; יוֺם לִפְנֵיIsaiah 48:7 before to-day; late phrase are מִיָּמִים לְיָמִים2 Chronicles 21:19 = in the course of time; רַבִּים לְיָמִיםDaniel 8:26 at (the end of) many days; לַיּוֺםfor every day, daily, Exodus 29:36, 38; Numbers 7:11 (twice in verse); 28:3; Numbers 28:34; 1 Chronicles 26:17; Jeremiah 37:21; Ezekiel 4:10; 43:25; 45:23 (twice in verse); 46:13; לַיּוֺם‎ in exclamation לַיּ ׳הָהּ20:2 alas for the day! לַיּ ׳אֲהָהּJoel 1:15.

j. with ׃מִן מִיּוֺםsince the day (time) of (or when), Exodus 10:6; Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 9:24; 1 Samuel 7:2 etc.; הראשׁן מִיּוֺםExodus 12:15 from the first day (on omission of article see Dr§ 209 (1)); השׁפטים מִימֵי2 Kings 23:22, etc.; מִיּוֺם‎ = from to-day, from this day forth Isaiah 43:13; Ezekiel 48:35; וָמָ֑עְלָה הַהוּא מֵהַיּוֺם1 Samuel 16:13; 30:25 from that day forward; so ׳מֵהַיּ ׳הַה וָהָ֑לְאָה18:9; וָמָ֑עְלָה הַזֶּה מִןהַֿיּוֺםHaggai 2:15, 18 from this day onward (see Add. on p. 751:b); הַזֶּה עַדהַֿיּוֺםGenesis 47:26 until now; רַבִּים מִיָּמִיםafter many days Joshua 23:1; Ezekiel 38:8; מִיָּמִיםafter a time Judges 11:4; 14:8; 15:1; but usually י ׳מִקֵּץ‎, see קֵץ‎; מִיֹּמָ֑יִםHosea 6:2 after two days; — יָמִ֫ימָה מִיָּמִים‎ see e (4) above

k. with לְמִן‎ (see לְ‎ near the end): אֲשֶׁר הַיּוֺם לְמִןDeuteronomy 4:32; 9:7; 2 Samuel 7:11; Jeremiah 7:25; 32:31; Haggai 2:18; twice followed by infinitive in apposition Exodus 9:18; 2 Samuel 19:25 (compare also 2 Chronicles 8:16; see DrSm. & § 190, Obs.); ׳למ ׃לְמִימֵי קֶדֶם2 Kings 19:25 since days of old = long ago, compare Malachi 3:7 since the days of your fathers.

1 וגו הָאֶחָד יוֺם ׳עַד (ה)יום ׃עַדExodus 12:18 until the 21st day, Leviticus 19:6 +; מוֺתוֺ עַדיֿוֺםJudges 13:7; 1 Samuel 15:35; 2 Samuel 6:23 +, etc., see also (followed by infinitive)

c above; עַדהַֿיּוֺםuntil to-day, denoting especially permanence of a name or situation, or of result of an event, Genesis 19:37-38, (J), 35:20 (E), 2 Kings 10:27; Ezekiel 20:31 ; more often הַזֶּה עַדהַֿיּוֺםuntil this day Genesis 26:33 (J), Genesis 32:33 (P or R), 47:26 (J), 48:15 (E), Exodus 10:6; Numbers 22:30 (both J), Deuteronomy 2:22; 3:14; 10:8; 11:4; 29:3; 34:6; Joshua 4:9; 5:9; 6:25; 7:26 (twice in verse); 8:28-29, 9:27; 13:13; 14:14; 15:63; 16:10 (all J E), 22:3 (D), 22:17 (P), 23:8-9, (D), Judges 1:21, 26; 6:24; 10:4; 15:19; 18:12; 19:30; 1 Samuel 5:5; 6:18; 8:8; 12:2; 27:6; 29:3, 6, 8; 30:25; 2 Samuel 4:3; 6:8 = 1 Chronicles 13:11; 2 Samuel 7:6 = 1 Chronicles 17:5; 2 Samuel 18:18 + often; הַזֶּה הַיּוֺם עַדעֶֿצֶםJoshua 10:27 (JE), Ezekiel 2:3 (compare Leviticus 23:14 H); הַהוּא הַיּוֺם עַדֿJudges 18:1; Nehemiah 8:17. masculine once טוֺב עַליֿוֺם1 Samuel 25:8 upon a good day, i.e. a day of social cheerfulness, feasting, rejoicing (with rare עַל‎ temporal compare Dr; טוֺב יוֺם‎ also Esther 8:17; 9:19, 22, see טוֺבadjective )








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