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יוֺם2285 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 3masculine 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 22t.;
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 4t.; construct
יְמֵי Genesis 3:14 +;
יְמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:7;
Psalm 90:15 ; suffix
יָמַי Job 7:6 9t.;
יָמָ֑י Genesis 29:21+ 8 t.;
יָמֵינוּ Jeremiah 35:8 7t., etc.; —
1 day, opposed to night, Genesis 7:14,12; 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)( J E), 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; 2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 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 d.; יוֺם קָרָה Proverbs 25:20 = cold d.; (so, = time יוֺם צָרָתִי Genesis 35:3 (E) d. 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 יוֺם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶתמַּֿרְעֹה Genesis 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh's birthday; כְּיוֺם הִוָּלְדָהּ 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; יְמֵי (מִלֻּאֵיכֶםׅ 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: Psalms 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.
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 יוֺם הַכִּמֻּרים Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 25:9; יוֺם כִּמֻּרִים 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; Zephaniah 1:14 (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; Joel 2:2), Joel 3:4; Joel 4:14; ׳יוֺם עֶבְרַת י Zephaniah 1:18; יוֺם עֶבְרָה Proverbs 11:4; יוֺם חֲרוֺן אַמּוֺ 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 אַמּוֺ Lamentations 2:1; compare also Zechariah 14:7 (where senses of 1 and
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 (twice in verse); 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; מִסְמַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם Ecclesiastes 2:3; מִסְמַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֺ Ecclesiastes 6:12 the number of the days of the years of his vanity, i.e. his empty, fleeting years; כָּלהַּֿיָּמִים אֲשֶׁרהֵֿם חַיִּים עַלמְּֿנֵי הָאֲדָמָה 1 Kings 8:40; יָמִים רַבִּים long life 1 Kings 3:11= 2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 13:20; 35:18 + often (so M 2 Chronicles 1:6. 8.8.9.33).
c. hence in phrase סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְ 1 Kings 14:19,29 31t. Kings, Nehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; Esther 10:2; מִסְמַּר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים 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 Dan 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; בְּהַאֲרִיךְ הֶעָנָןיָ֗֗֗מִים רַבִּים Numbers 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): 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 vb), 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 שְׁנַיִם2Chronicles 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; Genesis 31:43,48; 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 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 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 5t.; (γ) בְּיוֺם Genesis 2:4,17; Genesis 3:5 53t.; (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; 2Chronicles 36:21; (β) בִּימֵי Ruth 1:1; 2Chronicles 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; -7מִיּוֺם 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.-1יוֺם יוֺם day by day Genesis 39:10 (J),
1i (b), p. 253 above 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; 2Chronicles 8:14; 31:16. feminine 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; 2Chronicles 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 Sub
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 2Chronicles 18:4; Isaiah 58:4; so כְּהַיּוֺם 1 Samuel 9:13 + 1 Samuel 9:12 We Dr (for ᵑ0 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 ᵐ5, 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; 2Chronicles 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 מִיָּמִים2Chronicles 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.
1 ׃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. masculine 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 )