Lexicon :: Strong's H3117 - yôm

יוֹם

Transliteration

yôm

Pronunciation

yome

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to be hot

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 852

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

יוֹם yôwm, yome; 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, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,287x

The KJV translates Strong's H3117 in the following manner: day (2,008x), time (64x), chronicles (with H1697) (37x), daily (44x), ever (18x), year (14x), continually (10x), when (10x), as (10x), while (8x), full (8x), always (4x), whole (4x), alway (4x), miscellaneous (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,287x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

day, time, year
1. day (as opposed to night)
2. day (24 hour period)
  1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
  2. as a division of time
    1. a working day, a day's journey
3. days, lifetime (pl.)
4. time, period (general)
5. year
6. temporal references
  1. today
  2. yesterday
  3. tomorrow

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STRONGS H3117: Abbreviations

יוֹם ₂₂₈₅ noun masculine^{Genesis 1:5} day (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יומָא, ; Phoenician ים; MI⁵ ימן, suffix ימי Genesis 1:6; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 1:33, plural construct ימי Genesis 1:8, suffix 3rd person masculine singular ימה; SI³ 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} SabDenkm⁶¹; 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 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)

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 Inscription^6,8,8,9,33).

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)} Da^{Synt. § 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:

(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.

(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);

(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 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.)

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 Dr^{Sm. & § 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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