Lexical Definition

‎יֶרַח‎ yerach (yeh'-rakh) month ^H:N-M
from a unused root of uncertain signification

month, moon.

• a lunation, i.e. month

1) month (lunar cycle), moon
1a) month
1b) calendar month

See Greek: μήν

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ye.rach (‎י‎ְ‎ר‎ַ‎ח‎ "month" יְרַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: יְרַח
I. ‎יֶ֫רַח‎ noun masculine^{Zech 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 1Kgs 6:37 + 3 t.; construct id. Deut 21:13; 2Kgs 15:13 plural ‎יְרָחִים‎ Exod 2:2 + 3 t.; construct ‎יַרְחֵי‎ Job 7:3; Job 29:2 —

1. month, as measure of time, during, or in which Exod 2:2 (E), Zech 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 Deut 21:13; 2Kgs 15:13.

2. calendar month, with name ‎יֶרַח זִו‎ 1Kgs 6:37 (2nd mo., compare v1Kgs 6:1); ‎יֶרַח בּוּל‎ v1Kgs 6:38 (8th mo.); ‎יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים‎ 1Kgs 8:2 (7th mo.); compare ‎בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים‎ ‎אַליָֿבאֹ‎ Job 3:6 ‎גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָתִים‎ Deut 33:4 produce of months, i.e. of various seasons of year. — compare synonym ‎חֹדֶשׁ‎.

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