Lexical Definition

‎יוֹם‎ yôwm (yome) day ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to be hot

age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

• 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)

1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow

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• : day/when/time/period

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‎יוֺם‎₂₂₈₅ noun masculine^{Gen 1:5} day (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎יומָא‎, ; Phoenician ‎ים‎; MI⁵ ‎ימן‎, suffix ‎ימי‎ Gen 1:6; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:33, plural construct ‎ימי‎ Gen 1:8, suffix 3 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 Gen 1:5 +; construct Gen 2:4 +; suffix ‎יוֺמְךָ‎ Jer 50:31 ‎יוֺמוֺ‎ Exod 5:13 + 22 t.; ‎יוֺמָם‎ Jer 50:27; Ezek 21:34* dual ‎יוֺמַ֫יִם‎ Exod 21:21 ‎יוֺמָ֑יִם‎ Exod 16:29; Num 11:19 ‎יֹמַ֫יִם‎ Num 9:22 ‎יֹמָ֑יִם‎ Hos 6:2 ; plural ‎יָמִים‎ Gen 4:3 +; ‎יָמִם‎; Num 6:5 ‎יָמִין‎ (Aramaic form; Ges^{«GKC:87»§ 87}, 1 a) Dan 12:13 ‎מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה‎ Exod 13:10 + 4 t.; construct ‎יְמֵי‎ Gen 3:14 +; ‎יְמוֺת‎ Deut 32:7; Ps 90:15 ; suffix ‎יָמַי‎ Job 7:6 + 9 t.; ‎יָמָ֑י‎ Gen 29:21+ 8 t.; ‎יָמֵינוּ‎ Jer 35:8 + 7 t., etc.; —

1. day, opposed to night, Gen 7:14; Gen 7:12; Gen 8:22 (all J), Gen 31:39; Gen 31:40 (E), Exod 24:18; Exod 34:28; Num 11:32 (twice in verse); Josh 10:13 (all J E), Deut 9:9; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:18; Deut 9:25; Deut 10:10 (D), Gen 1:5; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:16; Gen 1:18 (P), 1Sam 30:12; Judg 19:8; Judg 19:9 (twice in verse); Judg 19:11; Amos 5:8; 1Kgs 8:29; 1Kgs 19:8; Neh 4:16*; Eccl 8:16 || ‎לִפְנֵי בוֺאהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ‎ 2Sam 3:35 ‎׳‎‎חֹם הַיּ‎ Gen 18:1(J) the heat of the day 1Sam 11:11; 2Sam 4:5 ‎עוֺד‎ ‎גָּדוֺל‎ ‎׳‎‎הַיּ‎ Gen 29:7 (J) the day is still high, not near its end; ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ הַיּ‎ Gen 3:8 coll of the day; ‎מִןהָֿאוֺר עַדֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎מַחֲצִית הַיּ‎ Neh 8:3 from dawn until mid-day; so also probably of mid-day ‎הוֺלך ואור עַדנְֿכוֺן הַיּוֺם‎ Prov 4:18 growing lighter and lighter until the full day; note phrase in Judg 19, ‎׳‎‎עַדנְֿטוֺת הַיּ‎ Judg 19:8 until the declining of the day; ‎לַעֲרוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎רָפָה הַיּ‎ vJudg 19:9 the day hath sunk down to become evening; ‎׳‎‎חֲנוֺת הַיּ‎ vJudg 19:9 the declining of the day; ‎רַד מְאֹד‎ ‎׳‎‎הַיּ‎ vJudg 19:11 the day has gone down exceedingly (is far spent).

2. Day as division of time:
a. working-day Exod 20:9; Exod 20:10 (E) = Deut 5:18; Exod 16:26; Exod 16:30 (twice in verse) (J), Exod 23:12 (JE), Exod 31:15 (P), Lev 23:3 (H); ‎יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה‎ Ezek 46:1.
b. ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ ‎יוֺם‎ a day's journey Num 11:31 (twice in verse)( J E), 1Kgs 19:4 ‎מַהֲלַךְ‎ ‎יוֺם אֶחָד‎ Jonah 3:4 ‎דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים‎ a three days' journey Gen 30:36; Exod 3:18; Exod 5:3; Exod 8:23* (all J), Num 10:33 (twice in verse) (JE), Num 33:8 (P); ‎מַהֲלַךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים‎ Jonah 3:3 so seven days' journey Gen 31:23 (E), 2Kgs 3:9 without ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ etc., ‎שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים‎ Exod 15:22 (E) they went three days, etc.
c. to denote duration of various other acts or states: seven days Gen 7:4; Gen 7:10; Gen 8:10; Gen 8:12 forty days Gen 7:17; Gen 8:6 (all J); 150 days Gen 7:24; Gen 8:3 (both P), 1Sam 25:38; 1Kgs 8:65 (twice in verse); Jer 42:7; Ezek 4:5; Ezek 4:6; 1Chr 9:25; Ezra 6:22; Esth 1:4 etc. In Esth 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 Zech 14:7 below 3 below)
d. day as defined by evening and morning Gen 1:5; Gen 1:8; Gen 1:13; Gen 1:19; Gen 1:23; Gen 1:31 (all P; compare further ‎בֹּקֶר‎, ‎עֶרֶב‎); see also Gen 2:2 (twice in verse); Gen 2:3 (P), Exod 20:11 (twice in verse)(E), Exod 32:17 (twice in verse) (P).
e. day of month (with ordinal number), chiefly P and late: Gen 7:11; Gen 8:4; Gen 8:14; Exod 12:6; Exod 12:18 (twice in verse) +, 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33; 1Kgs 45:25; 1Kgs 1:15; 1Kgs 1:18; 2Chr 29:17 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:6; Neh 8:2; Neh 9:1; Dan 10:4; Esth 3:12; Esth 9:1 +; (‎יוֺם‎ often omitted e.g. Gen 8:5; Gen 8:13; Exod 12:10; 2Kgs 25:1; 2Kgs 25:3; Ezek 1:1; Ezek 1:2; Hag 2:1; Hag 2:20; Zech 7:1; 2Chr 3:2; Ezra 6:19; Esth 3:13, etc.) feminine ‎יוֺם‎ defined by substantive, infinitive, or other clause: (1) construct ‎יוֺם הַשֶּׁלֶג‎ = the snowy day 2Sam 23:20 = 1Chr 11:22 ‎יוֺם סַגְרִיר‎ Prov 27:15 = rainy d.; ‎יוֺם קָרָה‎ Prov 25:20 = cold d.; (so, = time ‎יוֺם צָרָתִי‎ Gen 35:3 (E) d. of my distrees; Jer 18:17; Lam 1:7; Prov 24:10; Prov 25:19; Prov 27:10 ‎יוֺם מוֺתוֺ‎ etc. Judg 13:7; 2Sam 6:23; 2Kgs 15:5 + often; compare ‎יוֺם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶתפַּֿרְעֹה‎ Gen 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh's birthday; ‎כְּיוֺם הִוָּ˜לְדָהּ‎ Hos 2:5* compare Eccl 7:1 (see also 7 d below; compare ‎יוֺמוֺ‎ Job 3:1), ‎יום חֲתֻנָּה‎ Song 3:11 of day emphatically characterized by prophets and others ‎יוֺם מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּסָה וּמְבוּכָה‎ Isa 22:5 (see ‎מְהוּמָה‎ below ‎הום‎); ‎יוֺם צָרָה וְתוֺכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה‎ Isa 37:3 = 2Kgs 19:3 on the other hand ‎׳‎‎יוֺם רָצוֺן לי‎ Isa 58:5 a day of acceptableness to ‎׳‎‎י‎; plural followed by substantive ‎יְמֵי שָׂכִיר‎ Lev 25:50 (H) the days of an hireling; ‎יְמֵי (מִלֻּאֵיכֶםׅ‎ Lev 8:33; Num 6:13 followed by rel. clause ‎אָרוּר הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּ֑וֺ יוֺם אֲשֶׁריְֿלָדַתְנִי‎ ‎׳‎‎אִמִּי וגו‎ Jer 20:14 compare Job 3:3 also Ps 118:24 (see i).
g. particular days defined by proper name, of a location: ‎יוֺם יִזְרְעֶאל‎ Hos 2:2* i.e. of judgement, with implied restoration; see also Isa 9:3*; Ezek 30:9 ‎יְמֵי הַגִּבְעָה‎ Hos 9:9; Hos 10:9, i.e. of the outrage at Gibeah (Judg 19:22ff.); ‎יוֺם ירושׁלם‎ Ps 137:7 i.e. of Jerusalem's calamity, compare Jer 50:27; Jer 50:31.
h. with suffix, thy, his, or their day, in sense of (1) day of disaster or death: Psalms ‎בָּא יוֺמְךָ‎ Jer 50:31 thy day has come; ‎אוֺ יומו יָבאֹ וָמֵת‎ 1Sam 26:10 ‎יומו‎ in this sense also Ezek 21:30*; Ps 37:13; Job 18:20 ‎בָּא‎ ‎יוֺמָם‎ Jer 50:27; Ezek 21:34*.
i. specifically a holy day: ‎יוֺם‎ ‎הַשַּׁבָּת‎ the sabbath day (see also ‎שַׁבָּת‎), Exod 20:8; Exod 20:11(E) = Deut 5:12; Deut 5:15; Exod 31:15; Exod 35:3 +; = ‎יוֺם קָדְשִׁי‎ Isa 58:13 repetition ‎בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת‎ Lev 24:8 every Sabbath day; also ‎יוֺם הַכִּפֻּרים‎ Lev 23:27; Lev 25:9 ‎יוֺם כִּפֻּרִים‎ Lev 23:28 ‎יוֺם הַבִּכּוּרִים‎ Num 28:26 ‎יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ‎ Ps 81:4* ‎יוֺם מַלְכֵּנוּ‎ Hos 7:5 also of false gods, ‎יִמֵי‎ ‎הַבְּעָלִים‎ Hos 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^{Isa 28}); Amos 5:18 (twice in verse); Amos 5:20; Isa 2:12; Isa 13:6; Isa 13:9; Zeph 1:7 (compare vZeph 1:8), vZeph 1:14 vZeph 1:14 (compare vZeph 1:15 vZeph 1:16), Jer 46:10; Ezek 13:5; Ezek 30:3 (compare Ezek 36:33; Ezek 39:8; Ezek 39:11; Ezek 39:13); Obad 1:15; Zech 14:1; Mal 3:23* (compare Zech 14:7; Mal 3:2; Mal 3:17; Mal 3:19* (twice in verse); Mal 3:21*), Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11 (compare vJoel 2:2 vJoel 2:2), Joel 3:4*; Joel 4:14* ‎׳‎‎יוֺם עֶבְרַת י‎ Zeph 1:18 ‎יוֺם עֶבְרָה‎ Prov 11:4 ‎יוֺם חֲרוֺן אַפּוֺ‎ Isa 13:13; Lam 1:12 ‎יוֺם נָקָם‎ Isa 34:8; Isa 61:2; Isa 63:4 ‎יוֺם נְקָמָה‎ Jer 46:10 ‎׳‎‎יוֺם אַף י‎ Zeph 2:2; Zeph 2:3; Lam 2:22 ‎יוֺם אַפּוֺ‎ Lam 2:1 compare also Zech 14:7 (where senses of 1 and 2 are combined, compare Esth 4:16 2 c 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 7 g below

4. Plural days of any one:
a. = his life, his age Gen 6:3 (J), Deut 22:19; Deut 22:29; Deut 23:7*; Josh 24:31 (twice in verse) (D), Judg 2:7 (twice in verse); Judg 2:18; 1Sam 25:28, etc.; Gen 5:4; Gen 5:8; Gen 5:11; Gen 9:29; Gen 11:32 (all P), Job 7:1 (twice in verse); Job 7:6; Job 7:16; Job 8:9, Ps 39:5* (twice in verse); Ps 90:9; Ps 90:10; Ps 90:12; Ps 90:14; Ps 103:15 ‎כָּליְֿמֵי חַיֶּיךָ‎ Gen 3:14; Gen 3:17 (J), Ps 23:6, so Prov 31:12 ‎יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיִּים‎ 2Sam 19:35*; Gen 25:7; Gen 47:8; Gen 47:9 (all P); ‎יְמֵי חַיָּיו‎ Eccl 5:17*; Eccl 5:19* ‎יְמֵי שָׁנָיו‎ Eccl 6:3 ‎יְמֵי שְׁנוֺתֵינוּ‎ Ps 90:10 ‎מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם‎ Eccl 2:3 ‎מִסְפַּר‎ ‎יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֺ‎ Eccl 6:12 the number of the days of the years of his vanity, i.e. his empty, fleeting years; ‎כָּלהַּֿיָּמִים אֲשֶׁרהֵֿם חַיִּים עַלפְּֿנֵי הָאֲדָמָה‎ 1Kgs 8:40 ‎יָמִים רַבִּים‎ long life 1Kgs 3:11= 2Chr 1:11 ‎בָּא בַּיָּמִים‎ advanced in days = of advanced age Gen 18:11; Gen 24:1 (both J), Josh 13:1 (twice in verse) (JE), Josh 23:1; Josh 23:2 (D), 1Kgs 1:1 ‎מִיָּמָיו‎ 1Kgs 1:6 from his (earliest) days, so ‎מִיָּמֶיךָ‎ 1Sam 25:28 (see Dr), Job 38:12 ‎שְׂבַע יָמִים‎ Job 42:17; 1Kgs 8:40 ‎יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ‎ Exod 20:12 (JE) that thy days may be long = Deut 5:16, see further ‎ארך‎; ‎יָמִים עַליְֿמֵימֶֿלֶךְ‎ ‎תּוֺסִיף‎ Ps 61:7* i.e. prolong the king's life; outlive is ‎הֶאֱרִיךְ יָמִים אַחֲרֵי‎ Josh 24:31(D), Judg 2:7 ‎אֹרֶךְ יָמִים‎ ‎וּשְׁנוֺת חַיִּים‎ Prov 3:2 length of days and years of life; ‎אֹרֶךְ יָמִים‎ vProv 3:16 ‎כְּיָמֶיךָ דבאך‎ Deut 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 Gen 47:29 (J) and the days of Israel drew near for dying, so Deut 31:14; 1Kgs 2:1 (compare Job 7:6; Job 7:16; Job 8:9; Eccl 2:3 above)
b. (in) the days of (i.e. life-time, reign, or activity of) Gen 10:25 (J), Gen 14:1; Judg 5:6 (twice in verse); Judg 8:28; 2Sam 21:1; 1Kgs 16:34; 1Kgs 21:29 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 22:47*; 2Kgs 20:19; 2Chr 13:20; 2Chr 35:18 + often (so M 2Chr 1:6. 8.8.9.33).
c. hence in phrase ‎סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְ‎ 1Kgs 14:19; 1Kgs 14:29 + 31 t. Kings, Neh 12:23; Esth 2:23; Esth 10:2 ‎מִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים‎ 1Chr 27:24 ‎סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים‎ Esth 6:1.

5. Days:
a. indefinite: ‎יָמִים אֲחָדִים‎ some days, a few days Gen 27:44 (J), Gen 29:10 (E), Dan 11:20 ‎יָמִים‎ alone Dan 40:4 (E) they were days (a certain time) in the prison 1Kgs 17:15; Neh 1:4 ‎עוּל יָמִים‎ Isa 65:20 a suckling of (a few) days; ‎מִיָּמִים‎ Judg 11:4 after a time, Judg 15:1 so ‎מִקֵּץ יָמִים‎ Gen 4:3 (J) after the end of days, 1Kgs 17:7 ‎יוֺם אוֺ יוֺמַיִם‎ Exod 21:21(JE) a day or two. ‎יָמִים אוֺ עָשׂוֺר‎ Gen 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 1Sam 29:3 these days or these years; ‎אוֺ יֹמַיִם אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺ יָמִים‎ Num 9:22 (P) whether two days or a month or days (an indefinitely long period); ‎יָמִים רַבִּים‎ many days Gen 21:34 (JE) Gen 37:34 (J) +; ‎׳‎‎וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וגו‎ Gen 38:12 (J) and the days were multiplied (= time passed) and Judah's wife died, 1Sam 7:2 ‎אָֽרְכוּ לוֺ שָׁם הַיָּמִים‎ Gen 26:8 (J) the days were long to him there = he had been there a long time; ‎בְּהַאֲרִיךְ הֶעָנָןיָ֗֗֗מִים רַבִּים‎ Num 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 Deut 32:7 (poem); ‎יְמֵי עוֺלם‎ Mic 5:1*; Mic 7:14; ‎יְמֵי קֶדֶם‎ Mic 7:20 ‎יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם‎ Ps 77:6*; Ps 143:5 compare ‎הַיָּמִים‎ ‎הָרִאשֹׁנִים‎ Eccl 7:10 coming days ‎הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים‎ Eccl 2:16 coming time ‎יוֺם אַהֲרוֺן‎ Prov 31:25 especially ‎(ב)אַחֲרִית‎ ‎הַיָּמִים‎ see above; ‎לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין‎ Dan 12:13.

6. ‎יוֺם‎ = time;
a. vividly in general sense (see also

5. above): time of harvest Prov 25:13 usually ‎יְמֵי‎ Gen 30:14 (J), Josh 3:15; Num 13:20 (twice in verse) (all J E), Judg 15:1; 2Sam 21:9 proper time for paying wages Deut 24:15 compare Job 14:6 time of parturition ‎וַיִּמְלְאוּ יָמֶיהָ לָלֶדֶת‎ Gen 25:24.
b. apposition to other expressions of time (Dr^{§ 192} (1) Da^{Synt. § 29. d}): ‎חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים‎ a month of time Gen 29:14 (J; literally a month, time), Num 11:20; Num 11:21 (JE); = ‎יֶרַח יָמִים‎ Deut 21:13; 2Kgs 15:13 ‎יָמִים ארבעה חדשׁים‎ Judg 19:2 time, four months (si vera lectio, see 1Sam 27:7); ‎(מִקֵּץ) שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים‎ Gen 41:1 (E) two years (of) time, 2Sam 13:23; 2Sam 14:28; Jer 28:3; Jer 28:11 ‎שְׁלשָׁה שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים‎ Dan 10:2; Dan 10:3 three weeks (of) time.
c. plural in specific sense, apparently = year, literal ‎יָמִים‎ 1Sam 27:7; Lev 25:29 (H); ‎לַיָּמִים‎ Judg 17:10 ‎זֶבַךְ‎ ‎הַיָּמִים‎ 1Sam 1:21; 1Sam 2:19; 1Sam 20:6 ‎יָמִים וארבעה חדשׁים‎ 1Sam 27:7 = a year and four months (compare Judg 19:2 above
b.); ‎מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה‎ = from year to year, yearly Exod 13:10 (JE), Judg 11:40 (compare v^b), Judg 21:19; 1Sam 1:3; 1Sam 2:19 ‎מִקֵּץ יָמִים‎ ‎לַיָּמִים‎ 2Sam 14:26 ‎יֹמַיִם אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺיָֿמִים‎ Num 9:22 (P); distributive Num 14:34 (twice in verse) (P), Ezek 4:6 (twice in verse); ‎וַיְהִי לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים‎ ‎וּכְעֵת צֵּאת הַקֵּץ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם‎ 2Chr 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 Gen 4:14; Gen 31:43; Gen 31:48; Exod 13:4 (JE) + often; opposed to ‎תְּמוֺל‎ yesterday Exod 5:14; 1Sam 20:27 opposed to ‎מָחָר‎ Exod 19:10 (2) ‎(בְּ)יוֺם מָחָר‎ = to-morrow Gen 30:33; Isa 56:12; Prov 27:1 (3) ‎יוֺם אֶתְמוֺל‎ Ps 90:4 (4) ‎הַיּוֺם‎ ‎שְׁלשֶׁת הַיָּמִים‎ 1Sam 9:20 three days ago (see Dr); = ‎הַיּוֺם שְׁלשָׁה‎ 1Sam 30:13 (5) ‎בַּיּוֺם‎ Judg 13:10 apparently = the other day (see Be); (6) ‎יוֺם אֶחָד‎ no preposition, emphatic = in one day, Gen 27:45; Isa 9:13* with ‎בְּ‎ Isa 10:17; Isa 47:9 for, during, one day Gen 33:13; Num 11:19 unemphatic, one day (= some day) 1Sam 27:1 ‎יוֺם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי‎ 1Sam 9:15 one day, before Saul came.
b. ‎וַיְהִי הַיּוֺם וַֹֿ‎ and the day came, that (or when) 1Sam 1:4 (see Dr), 2Kgs 4:8; 2Kgs 4:11; 2Kgs 4:18; Job 1:6; Job 1:13; Job 2:1.
c. ‎הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים‎ lo! days are coming, when, etc.; especially in Amos, Jeremiah: 1Sam 2:31; Amos 4:2; Amos 8:11; Amos 9:13; Isa 39:6 = 2Kgs 20:17; Jer 7:32 + 13 t. 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 Deut 16:3 and thou shalt remember the day of thy going out from the land Egypt, Isa 58:5; Ezek 39:13; Mal 3:2 compare Eccl 7:1 (‎מִן‎ comparative); (β) ‎עַדיֿוֺם‎ Josh 6:10; Judg 18:30 + 5 t.; (γ) ‎בְּיוֺם‎ Gen 2:4; Gen 2:17; Gen 3:5 + 53 t.; (δ) ‎כְּיוֺם‎ Hos 2:5*; Hos 2:17*; Zeph 3:8; Zech 14:3 (ε) ‎מִיּוֺם‎ 1Sam 7:2; 1Sam 8:8; 1Sam 29:6; 2Sam 13:32; 2Kgs 8:6; Deut 9:24; Lev 23:15; Ezek 28:15 (ζ) ‎לְמִיּוֺם‎ Judg 19:30; 2Sam 7:6; Isa 7:17 (2) plural construct before infinitive: (α) ‎כָּליְֿמֵי‎ Judg 18:31; 1Sam 22:4; 1Sam 25:7; 1Sam 25:16; Lev 26:34; Lev 26:35; Num 6:6; 2Chr 36:21 (β) ‎בִּימֵי‎ Ruth 1:1; 2Chr 26:5 (γ) ‎כִּימֵי‎ Mic 7:15 (3) singular construct with preposition before finite verb in perfect: (α) compare ‎בְּ‎, ‎׳‎‎בְּיוֺם דִּבֶּר י‎ Exod 6:28 in the day (when) ‎׳‎‎י‎ spoke, so Num 3:1; Deut 4:15 also Lev 7:35; 2Sam 22:1 = Ps 18:1*; Ps 138:3; Zech 8:9 (β) ‎מִיּוֺם‎ Jer 36:2 (4) singular construct before imperfect: ‎בְּיוֺם‎ ‎אֶקְרָא‎ Ps 56:10* in the day (when) I cry, Ps 103:3; Lam 5:7 also without ‎בְּ‎, ‎יוֺם אִירָא‎ Ps 56:4* (at the) time (when) I am afraid; (5) plural construct before perfect: ‎כָּליְֿמֵי‎ ‎הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ אִתָּם‎ 1Sam 25:15, so Lev 14:46 (probably, see Di); ‎כִּימוֺת‎ Ps 90:15 (6) plural construct before imperfect: ‎כִּימֵי‎ ‎אֱלוֺתַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי‎ Job 29:2 (7) ‎מִיּוֺם‎ construct before rel. clause: ‎מִיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי לְפָנֶיךָ‎ 1Sam 29:8 since the day when (= as long as) I have been before thee, Neh 5:14 (8) plural construct before rel. clause ‎כָּליְֿמֵי אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכֹּן‎ Num 9:18 as long as the cloud remained, etc.
e. (1) ‎יוֺם‎ ‎יוֺם‎ day by day Gen 39:10 (J), Exod 16:5 (P), Prov 8:30; Prov 8:34; Ps 61:9*; Ps 68:20* (+ Jer 7:25; Ps 13:3* Lag, see ‎יוֺמָם‎); so (late) ‎לְיוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ 2Chr 24:11 ‎יוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ 2Chr 30:21; Neh 8:18 ‎לְעֶתיֿוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ 1Chr 12:22* ‎עֹלֹת יוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ Ezra 3:4 ‎בִּדְבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ 2Chr 8:13 ‎מִיּוֺם אֶליֿוֺם‎ from day to day 1Chr 16:23 = ‎מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם‎ Ps 96:2 (Esth 3:7 see below); ‎יוֺם וָיוֺם‎ Esth 3:4 (very late, see ‎וְ‎ 1 i
(b), p. 253 above and Dr^{Intr. 505}); ‎בְּכָליֿוֺם וָיוֺם‎ Esth 2:11 ‎כְּיוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ 1Sam 18:10 as daily = according to daily habit; (2) ‎מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם‎ Esth 3:7, is in phrase of casting lots for one day after another; (‎מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה‎ see 6 c); (3) of daily duties, observances, etc.: ‎דְּבַר יוֺם‎ ‎בְּיוֺמוֺ‎ each day's affair in its day Exod 5:13; Exod 5:19; Exod 16:4 (all J), Lev 23:37 (H), 1Kgs 8:59; 2Kgs 25:30 = Jer 52:34; Ezra 3:4; Neh 11:23; Neh 12:47; Dan 1:5 ‎לִדְבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ‎ 1Chr 16:37; 2Chr 8:14; 2Chr 31:16. feminine ‎כָּלהַֿיָּמִים‎ = always, continually, Gen 43:9; Gen 44:32 (both J), Deut 4:40; Deut 5:26; Deut 6:24; Deut 11:1; Deut 14:23; Deut 18:5; Deut 19:9; Deut 28:29; Deut 28:33; Josh 4:24 (D), Judg 16:16; 1Sam 2:32; 1Sam 2:35; 1Sam 18:29; 1Sam 23:14; 1Sam 28:2; 2Sam 13:37; 2Sam 19:14*; Jer 31:36; Jer 32:39; Jer 33:18; Jer 35:19; 1Kgs 5:15*; 1Kgs 9:3; 1Kgs 11:36; 1Kgs 11:39; 1Kgs 12:7; 1Kgs 14:30; 1Kgs 2:19; 1Kgs 13:3; 1Kgs 17:37; 1Kgs 2:16; 1Kgs 10:7; 1Kgs 12:15; 1Kgs 21:7; also (only in prophetic writers and in poetry) ‎כָּלהַֿיּוֺם‎ Gen 6:5 (J), Hos 12:2*; Deut 28:32; Deut 33:12; Jer 20:7; Jer 20:8; Isa 28:24; Isa 51:13; Isa 52:5 (both ‎תָּמִיד‎ ‎כלהֿיום‎), Isa 65:2; Isa 65:5; Lam 1:13; Lam 3:3; Lam 3:14; Lam 3:62; Ps 25:5; Ps 32:3; Ps 35:28; Ps 37:26; Ps 38:7*; Ps 38:13*; Ps 42:4*; Ps 42:11*; Ps 44:9*; Ps 44:16*; Ps 44:23*; Ps 52:3*; Ps 56:2*; Ps 56:3*; Ps 56:6*; Ps 71:8; Ps 71:15; Ps 71:24; Ps 72:15; Ps 73:14; Ps 74:22; Ps 86:3; Ps 88:18*; Ps 89:17*; Ps 102:9*; Ps 119:97; Prov 21:26; Prov 23:17.
g. additional phrase with ‎בְּ‎ = on a particular day: ‎בַּיּוֺם‎ ‎הַחֲמִישִׁי‎ Judg 19:18, so Gen 2:2 (twice in verse) + often; ‎בְּכָליֿוֺם‎ every day Ps 7:12*; Ps 88:10*; Ps 145:2 ‎בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא‎ of definite time in past Gen 15:18; Gen 33:16 + (see also 3 above); compare ‎הַיּוֺם‎ ‎הַזֶּה‎ (no preposition) Exod 13:3 (JE); ‎בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא‎ of time defined in subsequent context, 1Sam 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 Gen 39:11 Sub h; see Da^{Synt. § 21. e. R. 1, 2 and} especially Dr 1Sam 1:4; 1Sam 19:3); ‎בַּיּוֺם הַזֶּה‎ Gen 7:11 +; ‎בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה‎ on this selfsame day Gen 7:13 (see ‎עֶצֶם‎); ‎בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא‎ also of future 1Sam 3:12; Deut 31:17 (twice in verse); Deut 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; Amos 8:9; Hos 2:18*; Hos 2:20*; Hos 2:23* etc., especially Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17; Isa 2:20; Isa 3:7; Isa 3:18; Isa 4:1; Isa 4:2 + often; plural ‎בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם‎ of past Gen 6:4 (J), Judg 18:1 (twice in verse); Judg 19:1; Judg 21:25; 1Sam 3:1 + often; of future Deut 17:9; Deut 19:17; Deut 26:3.
h. with ‎כַּיּוֺם ׃כְּ‎ as or like the day Ps 139:12 ‎כַּיּוֺם הַהוּא‎ Josh 10:14 ‎כְּיוֺם‎ Hos 2:5* as at the day of; ‎כְּיוֺם תָּמִים‎ Josh 10:13 about a whole day; ‎כַּיּוֺם‎ literally at (about) to-day = now (see ‎כְּ‎) 1Sam 9:27; 1Kgs 22:5 = 2Chr 18:4; Isa 58:4 so ‎כְּהַיּוֺם‎ 1Sam 9:13 + v1Sam 9:12 We Dr (for ᵑ0 ‎כי היום‎), Neh 5:11 ‎כַּיּוֺם‎ = at once, first of all Gen 25:31; Gen 25:33; 1Sam 2:16; 1Kgs 1:51 often with adjective pronoun to point out agreement of result with promise or prediction, ‎כַּיּוֺם הַזֶּה‎ as it is this day Gen 50:20 (E), 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:13, and especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and subsequent writing: Deut 2:30; Deut 4:20; Deut 4:38; Deut 8:18; Deut 10:15; Deut 29:27*; Jer 11:5; Jer 25:18 (gloss, omitted by ᵐ5, compare especially Kue^{Einl. § 56. 1}), Jer 32:20; Jer 44:6; Jer 44:23; 1Kgs 3:6; 1Kgs 8:24; 1Kgs 8:61; 1Chr 28:7; 2Chr 6:15; Dan 9:7; Dan 9:15 so ‎כְּהַיּוֺם הַזֶּה‎ Deut 6:24; Jer 44:22; Ezra 9:7; Ezra 9:15; Neh 9:10 in Gen 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) Hos 9:5 (twice in verse) what will ye do on the day of assembly, etc., Isa 10:3 ‎לְיוֺם אֶחָד‎ 1Kgs 5:2* bread for one day; ‎הַמְּלָאכָה לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא‎ ‎לִשְׁנַיִם‎ Ezra 10:13 distributive phrase ‎נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֺם נָשִׂיא‎ ‎אֶחָד לַיּוֺם‎ Num 7:11 (P), Job 21:30 (twice in verse); compare ‎לַיּוֺם‎ Mal 1:17 ‎לַיּום‎ against, i.e. in expectation of Exod 19:11, so ‎לְיוֺם קְרָב‎ Job 38:23; Prov 21:31 ‎לְיוֺם קוּמִי‎ almost = until Zeph 3:8 ‎לִפְנֵי יוֺם‎ Isa 48:7 before to-day; late phrase are ‎לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים‎ 2Chr 21:19 = in the course of time; ‎לְיָמִים רַבִּים‎ Dan 8:26 at (the end of) many days; ‎לַיּוֺם‎ for every day, daily, Exod 29:36; Exod 29:38; Num 7:11 (twice in verse); Num 28:3; Num 28:34; 1Chr 26:17; Jer 37:21; Ezek 4:10; Ezek 43:25; Ezek 45:23 (twice in verse); Ezek 46:13 ‎לַיּוֺם‎ in exclamation ‎׳‎‎הָהּ לַיּ‎ Ezek 20:2 alas for the day! ‎׳‎‎אֲהָהּ לַיּ‎ Joel 1:15.
j. with ‎מִיּוֺם ׃מִן‎ since the day (time) of (or when), Exod 10:6; Lev 23:15; Deut 9:24; 1Sam 7:2 etc.; ‎מִיּוֺם הראשׁן‎ Exod 12:15 from the first day (on omission of article see Dr^{§ 209} (1)); ‎מִימֵי השׁפטים‎ 2Kgs 23:22, etc.; ‎מִיּוֺם‎ = from to-day, from this day forth Isa 43:13; Ezek 48:35 ‎מֵהַיּוֺם הַהוּא וָמָ֑עְלָה‎ 1Sam 16:13; 1Sam 30:25 from that day forward; so ‎וָהָ֑לְאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎הַה‎ ‎׳‎‎מֵהַיּ‎ 1Sam 18:9 ‎מִןהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה וָמָ֑עְלָה‎ Hag 2:15; Hag 2:18 from this day onward (see Add. on p. 751:b); ‎עַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה‎ Gen 47:26 until now; ‎מִיָּמִים רַבִּים‎ after many days Josh 23:1; Ezek 38:8 ‎מִיָּמִים‎ after a time Judg 11:4; Judg 14:8; Judg 15:1 but usually ‎׳‎‎מִקֵּץ י‎, see ‎קֵץ‎; ‎מִיֹּמָ֑יִם‎ Hos 6:2 after two days; — ‎מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה‎ see e (4) above
k. with ‎לְמִן‎ (see ‎לְ‎ near the end): ‎לְמִן הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר‎ Deut 4:32; Deut 9:7; 2Sam 7:11; Jer 7:25; Jer 32:31; Hag 2:18 twice followed by infinitive in apposition Exod 9:18; 2Sam 19:25* (compare also 2Chr 8:16 see Dr^{Sm. & § 190, Obs}.); ‎קֶדֶם ׃לְמִימֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎למ‎ 2Kgs 19:25 since days of old = long ago, compare Mal 3:7 since the days of your fathers.

1. ‎׃עַד (ה)יום‎ ‎׳‎‎עַד יוֺם הָאֶחָד וגו‎ Exod 12:18 until the 21st day, Lev 19:6 +; ‎עַדיֿוֺם מוֺתוֺ‎ Judg 13:7; 1Sam 15:35; 2Sam 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, Gen 19:37; Gen 19:38 (J), Gen 35:20 (E), 2Kgs 10:27; Ezek 20:31 ; more often ‎עַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה‎ until this day Gen 26:33 (J), Gen 32:33* (P or R), Gen 47:26 (J), Gen 48:15 (E), Exod 10:6; Num 22:30 (both J), Deut 2:22; Deut 3:14; Deut 10:8; Deut 11:4; Deut 29:3*; Deut 34:6; Deut 5:9; Deut 6:25; Deut 7:26 (twice in verse); Josh 8:28; Josh 8:29; Josh 9:27; Josh 13:13; Josh 14:14; Josh 15:63; Josh 16:10 (all J E), Josh 22:3 (D), vJosh 22:17 (P), Josh 23:8; Josh 23:9 (D), Judg 1:21; Judg 1:26; Judg 6:24; Judg 10:4; Judg 15:19; Judg 18:12; Judg 19:30; 1Sam 5:5; 1Sam 6:18; 1Sam 8:8; 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 27:6; 1Sam 29:3; 1Sam 29:6; 1Sam 29:8; 1Sam 30:25; 2Sam 4:3; 2Sam 6:8 = 1Chr 13:11; 2Sam 7:6 = 1Chr 17:5; 2Sam 18:18 + often; ‎עַדעֶֿצֶם הַיּוֺם‎ ‎הַזֶּה‎ Josh 10:27 (JE), Ezek 2:3 (compare Lev 23:14 H); ‎עַדֿ‎ ‎הַיּוֺם הַהוּא‎ Judg 18:1; Neh 8:17. masculine once ‎עַליֿוֺם טוֺב‎ 1Sam 25:8 upon a good day, i.e. a day of social cheerfulness, feasting, rejoicing (with rare ‎עַל‎ temporal compare Dr; ‎יוֺם טוֺב‎ also Esth 8:17; Esth 9:19; Esth 9:22, see ‎טוֺב‎ adjective )

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