I. יֶ֫רַח noun masculine^{Zechariah 11:8} month (Aramaic יַרְחָא, new moon, month; Palmyrene ירח Vog^{No. 1}; Assyrian ar— u COT^Glossary Muss-Arn^{JBL xi. 1892, 73, 163}; compare Phoenician Ethiopic below יָרֵחַ; Sabean ורחֿ month, DHM^{ZMG 1876, 603; 1883, 369} Hal^{JAS vii, 1, 516}) — absolute יֶ֫רַח 1 Kings 6:37 3t.; construct id. Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13; plural יְרָחִים Exodus 2:2 3t.; construct יַרְחֵי Job 7:3; Job 29:2; —

1 month, as measure of time, during, or in which Exodus 2:2 (E), Zechariah 11:8; Job 39:2; יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא Job 7:3; יַרְחֵי קֶדֶם Job 29:2; pleonastic יֶרַח יָמִים a month (of) days = a month of time Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13.

2 calendar month, with name יֶרַח זִו 1 Kings 6:37 (2nd mo., compare 1 Kings 6:1); יֶרַח בּוּל 1 Kings 6:38 (8th mo.); יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים 1 Kings 8:2 (7th mo.); compare בְּמִסְמַּר יְרָחִים אַליָֿבאֹ Job 3:6; גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָתִים Deuteronomy 33:4 produce of months, i.e. of various seasons of year. — compare synonym חֹדֶשׁ.

[יְרַךְ] noun masculine month (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute לִירַח אֲדָר Ezra 6:15; plural absolute יַרְחִין Daniel 4:26.