STRONGS H3117:
Abbreviations
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:
a. working-day Exodus 20:9, 10 (E) = Deuteronomy 5:18; Exodus 16:26, 30 (twice in verse) (J), Exodus 23:12 (JE), Exodus 31:15 (P), Leviticus 23:3 (H); יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה Ezekiel 46:1.
b. דֶּרֶךְ יוֺם a day's journey Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE), 1 Kings 19:4; מַהֲלַךְ יוֺם אֶחָד Jonah 3:4; דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים a three days' journey Genesis 30:36; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23 (all J), Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (JE), Numbers 33:8 (P); מַהֲלַךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Jonah 3:3; so seven days' journey Genesis 31:23 (E), 2 Kings 3:9; without דֶּרֶךְ etc., שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Exodus 15:22 (E) they went three days, etc.
c. to denote duration of various other acts or states: seven days Genesis 7:4, 10; Genesis 8:10, 12; forty days Genesis 7:17; Genesis 8:6 (all J); 150 days Genesis 7:24; Genesis 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 Esther 4:16, 1 & 2 are combined: וְאַלתִּֿשְׁתּוּ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֺם do 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 בֹּקֶר, עֶרֶב); see also Genesis 2:2 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:3 (P), Exodus 20:11 (twice in verse) (E), Exodus 32:17 (twice in verse) (P).
e. day of month (with ordinal number), chiefly P and late: Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:4, 14; Exodus 12:6, 18 (twice in verse) +, 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33; Ezekiel 45:21; Ezekiel 45:25; Zechariah 1:7; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 1:15; Haggai 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:17 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:6; Nehemiah 8:2; Nehemiah 9:1; Daniel 10:4; Esther 3:12; Esther 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 יוֺם הַשֶּׁלֶג = the snowy day 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:22; יוֺם סַגְרִיר Proverbs 27:15 = rainy day; יוֺם קָרָה Proverbs 25:20 = cold day; (so, = time יוֺם צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 (E) day of my distrees; Jeremiah 18:17; Lamentations 1:7; Proverbs 24:10; Proverbs 25:19; Proverbs 27:10; יוֺם מוֺתוֺ etc. Judges 13:7; 2 Samuel 6:23; 2 Kings 15:5 + often; compare אֶת־פַּרְעֹה הֻלֶּדֶת יוֺם Genesis 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh's birthday; כְּיוֺם הִוָּֽֽֽלְדָהּ Hosea 2:5 compare Ecclesiastes 7:1 (see also 7d below; compare יוֺמוֺ Job 3:1), יום חֲתֻנָּה Songs 3:11; of day emphatically characterized by prophets and others יוֺם מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּסָה וּמְבוּכָה Isaiah 22:5 (see מְהוּמָה below הום); יוֺם צָרָה וְתוֺכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה Isaiah 37:3 = 2 Kings 19:3; on the other hand יוֺם רָצוֺן לי׳ Isaiah 58:5 a day of acceptableness to י׳; plural followed by substantive יְמֵי שָׂכִיר Leviticus 25:50 (H) the days of an hireling; (מִלֻּאֵיכֶם) יְמֵי Leviticus 8:33; Numbers 6:13; followed by rel. clause אָרוּר הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּ֑וֺ יוֺם אֲשֶׁריְֿלָדַתְנִי אִמִּי וגו׳ Jeremiah 20:14 compare Job 3:3; also Psalm 118:24 (see i).
g. particular days defined by proper name, of a location: יוֺם יִזְרְעֶאל Hosea 2:2 i.e. of judgement, with implied restoration; see also Isaiah 9:3; Ezekiel 30:9; יְמֵי הַגִּבְעָה Hosea 9:9; Hosea 10:9, i.e. of the outrage at Gibeah (Judges 19:22ff.); יוֺם ירושׁלם Psalm 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: † בָּא יוֺמְךָ Jeremiah 50:31 thy day has come; אוֺ יומו יָבאֹ וָמֵת 1 Samuel 26:10; יומו in this sense also Ezekiel 21:30; Psalm 37:13; Job 18:20; † בָּא יוֺמָם Jeremiah 50:27; Ezekiel 21:34 [Ezekiel 21:29] Psalm 37:13 Job 18:20; † בָּא יוֹמָםJeremiah 50:27 Ezekiel 21:34.
i. specifically a holy day: יוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת the sabbath day (see also שַׁבָּת), Exodus 20:8, 11(E) = Deuteronomy 5:12, 15; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:3 +; = יוֺם קָדְשִׁי Isaiah 58:13; repetition בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת Leviticus 24:8 every Sabbath day; also † הַכִּפֻּרים יוֺם Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 25:9; כִּפֻּרִים יוֺם Leviticus 23:28; יוֺם הַבִּכּוּרִים Numbers 28:26; יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; יוֺם מַלְכֵּנוּ Hosea 7:5; also of false gods, יִמֵי הַבְּעָלִים Hosea 2:11.
3. יוֺם י׳ day 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); 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)
b. (in) the days of (i.e. life-time, reign, or activity of) Genesis 10:25 (J), Genesis 14:1; Judges 5:6 (twice in verse); Judges 8:28; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Kings 16:34; 1 Kings 21:29 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 22:47; 2 Kings 20:19; 2 Chronicles 13:20; 35:18 + often (so Mesha Inscription6,8,8,9,33).
c. hence in phrase סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְ 1 Kings 14:19, 29 + 31 times Kings, Nehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; Esther 10:2; הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי מִסְפַּר 1 Chronicles 27:24; סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים Esther 6:1.
5. Days:
a. indefinite: יָמִים אֲחָדִים some days, a few days † Genesis 27:44 (J), Genesis 29:10 (E), Daniel 11:20; יָמִים alone Genesis 40:4 (E) they were days (a certain time) in the prison 1 Kings 17:15; Nehemiah 1:4; עוּל יָמִים Isaiah 65:20 a suckling of (a few) days; מִיָּמִים Judges 11:4 after a time, Judges 15:1; so מִקֵּץ יָמִים Genesis 4:3 (J) after the end of days, 1 Kings 17:7; יוֺם אוֺ יוֺמַיִם Exodus 21:21(JE) a day or two. יָמִים אוֺ עָשׂוֺר Genesis 24:55 (J) some days, or ten (days or a dekad; on question of text see Di).
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.
c. days of old, former or ancient times (especially of early period of Israel hist): יְמוֺת עוֺלָם Deuteronomy 32:7 (poem); יְמֵי עוֺלם Micah 5:1; Micah 7:14; Isaiah 63:9, 11; יְמֵי קֶדֶם Micah 7:20; יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם Psalm 77:6; Psalm 143:5; compare הַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים Ecclesiastes 7:10; coming days הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים Ecclesiastes 2:16; coming time יוֺם אַהֲרוֺן Proverbs 31:25; especially (ב)אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים see above; לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין Daniel 12:13.
6. יוֺם = time;
a. vividly in general sense (see also 5 above): time of harvest Proverbs 25:13; usually יְמֵי Genesis 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 וַיִּמְלְאוּ יָמֶיהָ לָלֶדֶת Genesis 25:24.
b. apposition to other expressions of time (Dr§ 192 (1) DaSynt. § 29. d): חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים a month of time Genesis 29:14 (J; literally a month, time), Numbers 11:20, 21 (JE); = יֶרַח יָמִים Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13; יָמִים ארבעה חדשׁים Judges 19:2 time, four months (si vera lectio, see 1 Samuel 27:7); † (מִקֵּץ) שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים Genesis 41:1 (E) two years (of) time, 2 Samuel 13:23; 2 Samuel 14:28; Jeremiah 28:3, 11; שְׁלשָׁה שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים Daniel 10:2, 3three weeks (of) time.
c. plural in specific sense, apparently = year, literal יָמִים 1 Samuel 27:7; Leviticus 25:29 (H); לַיָּמִים Judges 17:10; זֶבַךְ הַיָּמִים 1 Samuel 1:21; 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Samuel 20:6; יָמִים וארבעה חדשׁים 1 Samuel 27:7 = a year and four months (compare Judges 19:2 above b.); מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה = from year to year, yearly Exodus 13:10 (JE), Judges 11:40 (compare Judges 11:40b), Judges 21:19; 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:19; מִקֵּץ יָמִים לַיָּמִים 2 Samuel 14:26; יֹמַיִם אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺיָֿמִים Numbers 9:22 (P); distributive Numbers 14:34 (twice in verse) (P), Ezekiel 4:6 (twice in verse); וַיְהִי לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים וּכְעֵת צֵּאת הַקֵּץ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2 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.
(1) הַיּוֺם = to-day Genesis 4:14; Genesis 31:43, 48; Exodus 13:4 (JE) + often; opp. תְּמוֹל yesterday Exodus 5:14; 1 Samuel 20:27; opp. מָחָר Exodus 19:10;
(2) † מָחָר (בְּ)יוֹם =tomorrow Genesis 30:33; Isaiah 56:12; Proverbs 27:1;
(3) אֶתְמוֹל יוֹם Psalm 90:4;
(4) הַיּוֹם הַיָּמִים שְׁלשֶׁת 1 Samuel 30:13;
(5) בַּיּוֹם Judges 13:10 appar.=the other day (see Be);
(6) אֶחָד יוֹם no prep., emphat.=in one day, Genesis 27:45; Isaiah 9:13; with בְּ Isaiah 10:17, Isaiah 47:9; for, durin, one day Genesis 33:13; Numbers 11:19; unemphat., one day (some day) 1 Samuel 27:1; לִפְנֵי אֶחָד יוֹם 1 Samuel 9:15 one day, before Saul came.
†b. וַיְהִי הַיּוֺם וַֹֿ and the day came, that (or when) 1 Samuel 1:4 (see Dr), 2 Kings 4:8, 11, 18; Job 1:6, 13; Job 2:1.
c. הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים lo! days are coming, when, etc.; especially in Amos, Jeremiah: 1 Samuel 2:31; Amos 4:2; Amos 8:11; Amos 9:13; Isaiah 39:6 = 2 Kings 20:17; Jeremiah 7:32 + 13 times Jeremiah.
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,
(α) singular without preposition אֶתיֿוֺם צֵאתְךָ Deuteronomy 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) עַדיֿוֺם Joshua 6:10; Judges 18:30 + 5 times;
(γ) בְּיוֺם Genesis 2:4, 17; Genesis 3:5 + 53 times;
† (δ) כְּיוֺם Hosea 2:5; Hosea 2:17; Zephaniah 3:8; Zechariah 14:3;
† (ε) מִיּוֺם 1 Samuel 7:2; 1 Samuel 8:8; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 13:32; 2 Kings 8:6; Deuteronomy 9:24; Leviticus 23:15; Ezekiel 28:15;
† (ζ) לְמִיּוֺם Judges 19:30; 2 Samuel 7:6; Isaiah 7:17;
† (2) plural construct before infinitive:
(α) כָּליְֿמֵי Judges 18:31; 1 Samuel 22:4; 1 Samuel 25:7, 16; Leviticus 26:34, 35; Numbers 6:6; 2 Chronicles 36:21;
(β) בִּימֵי Ruth 1:1; 2 Chronicles 26:5;
(γ) כִּימֵי Micah 7:15;
† (3) singular construct with preposition before finite verb in perfect:
(α) compare בְּ, בְּיוֺם דִּבֶּר י׳ Exodus 6:28 in the day (when) י׳ spoke, so Numbers 3:1; Deuteronomy 4:15; also Leviticus 7:35; 2 Samuel 22:1 = Psalm 18:1; Psalm 138:3; Zechariah 8:9;
(β) מִיּוֺם Jeremiah 36:2;
† (4) singular construct before imperfect: בְּיוֺם אֶקְרָא Psalm 56:10 in the day (when) I cry, Psalm 103:3; Lamentations 5:7; also without בְּ, יוֺם אִירָא Psalm 56:4 (at the) time (when) I am afraid;
† (5) plural construct before perfect: כָּליְֿמֵי הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ אִתָּם 1 Samuel 25:15, so Leviticus 14:46 (probably, see Di); כִּימוֺת Psalm 90:15;
† (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 DrIntr. 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);
(3) of daily duties, observances, etc.: † דְּבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ each day's affair in its day Exodus 5:13, 19; Exodus 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; Nehemiah 12:47; Daniel 1:5; לִדְבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ 1 Chronicles 16:37; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 31:16.
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 DaSynt. § 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 KueEinl. § 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.)
i. with לְיוֺם ׃לְ on, at (literally with reference to) † Hosea 9:5 (twice in verse) what will ye do on the day of assembly, etc., Isaiah 10:3; לְיוֺם אֶחָד 1 Kings 5:2 bread for one day; הַמְּלָאכָה לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezra 10:13; distributive phrase נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֺם נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֺם Numbers 7:11 (P), Job 21:30 (twice in verse); compare לַיּוֺם Malachi 1:17; לַיּום against, i.e. in expectation of Exodus 19:11, so לְיוֺם קְרָב Job 38:23; Proverbs 21:31; לְיוֺם קוּמִי almost = until Zephaniah 3:8; לִפְנֵי יוֺם Isaiah 48:7 before to-day; late phrase are † לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים 2 Chronicles 21:19 = in the course of time; לְיָמִים רַבִּים Daniel 8:26 at (the end of) many days; לַיּוֺם for every day, daily, † Exodus 29:36, 38; Numbers 7:11 (twice in verse); Numbers 28:3; Numbers 28:34; 1 Chronicles 26:17; Jeremiah 37:21; Ezekiel 4:10; Ezekiel 43:25; Ezekiel 45:23 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:13; לַיּוֺם in exclamation הָהּ לַיּ׳ Ezekiel 20:2 alas for the day! אֲהָהּ לַיּ׳ Joel 1:15.
j. with מִיּוֺם ׃מִן since the day (time) of (or when), Exodus 10:6; Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 9:24; 1 Samuel 7:2 etc.; מִיּוֺם הראשׁן Exodus 12:15 from the first day (on omission of article see Dr§ 209 (1)); מִימֵי השׁפטים 2 Kings 23:22, etc.; מִיּוֺם = from to-day, from this day forth Isaiah 43:13; Ezekiel 48:35; מֵהַיּוֺם הַהוּא וָמָ֑עְלָה 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25 from that day forward; so וָהָ֑לְאָה הַה׳ מֵהַיּ׳ 1 Samuel 18:9; מִןהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה וָמָ֑עְלָה Haggai 2:15, 18 from this day onward (see Add. on p. 751:b); עַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה Genesis 47:26 until now; מִיָּמִים רַבִּים after many days Joshua 23:1; Ezekiel 38:8; מִיָּמִים after a time Judges 11:4; Judges 14:8; Judges 15:1; but usually מִקֵּץ י׳, see קֵץ; מִיֹּמָ֑יִם Hosea 6:2 after two days; — מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה see e (4) above
† k. with לְמִן (see לְ near the end): לְמִן הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 9:7; 2 Samuel 7:11; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 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.); קֶדֶם ׃לְמִימֵי למ׳ 2 Kings 19:25 since days of old = long ago, compare Malachi 3:7 since the days of your fathers.†
† 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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Genesis
1:5; 1:5; 1:5; 1:5; 1:6; 1:8; 1:8; 1:9; 1:13; 1:14; 1:16; 1:18; 1:19; 1:23; 1:31; 2:2; 2:2; 2:3; 2:4; 2:4; 2:17; 3:5; 3:8; 3:14; 3:14; 3:17; 4:3; 4:3; 4:14; 5:4; 5:8; 5:11; 6:3; 6:4; 6:5; 7:4; 7:4; 7:10; 7:11; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 7:17; 7:24; 8:3; 8:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:10; 8:12; 8:13; 8:14; 8:22; 9:29; 10:25; 11:32; 14:1; 15:18; 18:1; 18:11; 19:37; 19:38; 21:34; 24:1; 24:55; 25:7; 25:24; 25:31; 25:33; 26:8; 26:33; 27:44; 27:45; 29:7; 29:10; 29:14; 29:21; 30:14; 30:33; 30:36; 31:23; 31:39; 31:40; 31:43; 31:48; 33:13; 33:16; 35:3; 35:20; 37:34; 38:12; 39:10; 39:11; 39:11; 40:4; 40:20; 41:1; 43:9; 44:32; 47:8; 47:9; 47:26; 47:26; 47:29; 48:15; 50:20
Exodus
3:18; 5:3; 5:13; 5:13; 5:14; 5:19; 6:28; 8:23; 9:18; 10:6; 10:6; 12:6; 12:10; 12:15; 12:18; 12:18; 13:3; 13:4; 13:10; 13:10; 15:22; 16:4; 16:5; 16:26; 16:29; 16:30; 19:10; 19:11; 20:8; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11; 20:11; 20:12; 21:21; 21:21; 23:12; 24:18; 29:36; 29:38; 31:15; 31:15; 32:17; 34:28; 35:3
Leviticus
7:35; 8:33; 14:46; 19:6; 23:3; 23:14; 23:15; 23:15; 23:27; 23:28; 23:37; 24:8; 25:9; 25:29; 25:50; 26:34; 26:35
Numbers
3:1; 6:5; 6:6; 6:13; 7:11; 7:11; 9:18; 9:19; 9:22; 9:22; 9:22; 10:33; 11:19; 11:19; 11:20; 11:21; 11:31; 11:32; 13:20; 14:34; 22:30; 28:3; 28:26; 33:8
Deuteronomy
2:22; 2:30; 3:14; 4:15; 4:20; 4:32; 4:38; 4:40; 5:12; 5:15; 5:16; 5:18; 5:26; 6:24; 6:24; 8:18; 9:7; 9:9; 9:11; 9:18; 9:24; 9:24; 9:25; 10:8; 10:10; 10:15; 11:1; 11:4; 14:23; 16:3; 17:9; 18:5; 19:9; 19:17; 21:13; 22:19; 22:29; 23:7; 24:15; 26:3; 28:29; 28:32; 28:33; 29:3; 29:27; 31:14; 31:17; 31:18; 32:7; 32:7; 33:12; 33:25; 34:6
Joshua
3:15; 4:9; 4:24; 5:9; 6:10; 6:25; 7:26; 8:28; 8:29; 9:27; 10:13; 10:13; 10:14; 10:27; 13:1; 13:13; 14:14; 15:63; 16:10; 22:3; 22:17; 23:1; 23:1; 23:2; 23:8; 23:9; 24:31; 24:31
Judges
1:21; 1:26; 2:7; 2:7; 2:18; 5:6; 6:24; 8:28; 10:4; 11:4; 11:4; 11:40; 11:40; 13:7; 13:7; 13:10; 14:8; 15:1; 15:1; 15:1; 15:19; 16:16; 17:10; 18:1; 18:1; 18:12; 18:30; 18:31; 19:1; 19:2; 19:2; 19:8; 19:8; 19:9; 19:11; 19:11; 19:18; 19:22; 19:30; 19:30; 21:19; 21:25
Ruth
1:1
1 Samuel
1:3; 1:4; 1:4; 1:21; 2:16; 2:19; 2:19; 2:31; 2:32; 2:35; 3:1; 3:2; 3:12; 5:5; 6:18; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 8:8; 8:8; 9:12; 9:13; 9:15; 9:27; 11:11; 12:2; 15:35; 16:13; 18:9; 18:10; 18:29; 19:3; 20:6; 20:27; 22:4; 22:8; 22:13; 23:14; 25:7; 25:8; 25:15; 25:16; 25:28; 25:28; 25:38; 26:10; 27:1; 27:6; 27:7; 27:7; 27:7; 28:2; 29:3; 29:3; 29:6; 29:6; 29:8; 29:8; 30:12; 30:13; 30:25; 30:25
2 Samuel
3:35; 4:3; 4:5; 6:8; 6:23; 6:23; 7:6; 7:6; 7:11; 13:23; 13:32; 13:37; 14:26; 14:28; 18:18; 19:14; 19:25; 19:35; 21:1; 21:9; 22:1; 23:20
1 Kings
1:1; 1:6; 1:51; 2:1; 3:6; 3:11; 5:2; 5:15; 8:24; 8:29; 8:40; 8:40; 8:59; 8:61; 8:65; 9:3; 11:36; 11:39; 12:7; 12:32; 12:33; 14:19; 14:29; 14:30; 16:34; 17:7; 17:15; 19:4; 19:8; 21:29; 22:5; 22:47
2 Kings
3:9; 4:8; 4:11; 4:18; 8:6; 8:19; 10:27; 13:3; 15:5; 15:13; 17:37; 19:3; 19:25; 20:17; 20:19; 23:22; 25:1; 25:3; 25:30
1 Chronicles
9:25; 11:22; 12:22; 13:11; 16:23; 16:37; 17:5; 26:17; 27:24; 28:7
2 Chronicles
1:11; 3:2; 6:15; 7:16; 8:13; 8:14; 8:16; 10:7; 12:15; 13:20; 18:4; 21:7; 21:19; 21:19; 24:11; 26:5; 29:17; 30:21; 31:16; 35:18; 36:21
Ezra
3:4; 3:4; 3:6; 6:19; 6:22; 9:7; 9:15; 10:13
Nehemiah
1:4; 4:16; 5:11; 5:14; 8:2; 8:3; 8:17; 8:18; 9:1; 9:10; 11:23; 12:23; 12:47
Esther
1:4; 2:11; 2:23; 3:4; 3:7; 3:7; 3:12; 3:13; 4:16; 4:16; 6:1; 8:17; 9:1; 9:19; 9:22; 10:2
Job
1:5; 1:6; 1:13; 2:1; 3:1; 3:3; 7:1; 7:6; 7:16; 7:16; 8:9; 8:9; 14:6; 18:20; 18:20; 21:30; 29:2; 30:25; 38:12; 38:23; 42:17
Psalms
7:12; 13:3; 18:1; 23:6; 25:5; 32:3; 35:28; 37:13; 37:13; 37:26; 38:7; 38:13; 39:5; 39:6; 42:4; 42:11; 44:9; 44:16; 44:23; 52:3; 56:2; 56:3; 56:4; 56:6; 56:10; 61:7; 68:20; 71:8; 71:15; 71:24; 72:15; 73:14; 74:22; 77:6; 81:4; 86:3; 88:10; 88:18; 89:17; 90:4; 90:9; 90:10; 90:10; 90:12; 90:14; 90:15; 90:15; 96:2; 102:9; 103:3; 103:15; 118:24; 119:97; 137:7; 138:3; 139:12; 143:5; 145:2
Proverbs
3:2; 3:16; 4:18; 8:30; 8:34; 11:4; 21:26; 21:31; 23:17; 24:10; 25:13; 25:19; 25:20; 27:1; 27:10; 27:15; 31:12; 31:25
Ecclesiastes
2:3; 2:3; 2:16; 5:17; 5:19; 6:3; 6:12; 7:1; 7:1; 7:10; 8:16
Song of Songs
3:11
Isaiah
2:11; 2:12; 2:17; 2:20; 3:7; 3:18; 4:1; 4:2; 7:17; 9:3; 9:13; 10:3; 10:17; 13:6; 13:9; 13:13; 22:5; 28:24; 34:8; 37:3; 39:6; 43:13; 47:9; 48:7; 51:13; 52:5; 56:12; 58:4; 58:5; 58:5; 58:13; 61:2; 63:4; 63:9; 63:11; 65:2; 65:5; 65:20
Jeremiah
7:25; 7:25; 7:32; 11:5; 18:17; 20:7; 20:8; 20:14; 25:18; 28:3; 28:11; 31:36; 32:20; 32:31; 32:39; 33:18; 35:8; 35:19; 36:2; 37:21; 42:7; 44:6; 44:22; 44:23; 46:10; 46:10; 50:27; 50:27; 50:27; 50:27; 50:31; 50:31; 50:31; 52:34
Lamentations
1:7; 1:12; 1:13; 2:1; 2:22; 3:3; 3:14; 3:62; 5:7
Ezekiel
1:1; 1:2; 2:3; 4:5; 4:6; 4:6; 4:10; 13:5; 20:2; 20:31; 21:29; 21:30; 28:15; 30:3; 30:9; 36:33; 38:8; 39:8; 39:11; 39:13; 39:13; 43:25; 45:21; 45:23; 45:25; 46:1; 46:13; 48:35
Daniel
1:5; 8:26; 9:7; 9:15; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 11:20; 12:13; 12:13
Hosea
2:2; 2:5; 2:5; 2:5; 2:11; 2:17; 2:18; 2:20; 2:23; 6:2; 6:2; 7:5; 9:5; 9:9; 10:9; 12:2
Joel
1:15; 1:15; 2:1; 2:2; 2:11; 3:4; 3:14
Amos
4:2; 5:8; 5:18; 5:20; 8:3; 8:9; 8:11; 9:13
Obadiah
1:15
Jonah
3:3; 3:4
Micah
5:1; 7:14; 7:15; 7:20
Zephaniah
1:7; 1:8; 1:14; 1:15; 1:16; 1:18; 2:2; 2:3; 3:8; 3:8
Haggai
1:1; 1:15; 2:1; 2:15; 2:18; 2:18; 2:20
Zechariah
1:7; 7:1; 8:9; 14:1; 14:3; 14:7; 14:7; 14:7
Malachi
3:2; 3:2; 3:7; 3:17