Lexical Definition

‎יָרֵחַ‎ yârêach (yaw-ray'-akh) moon ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎יֶרַח‎

moon. Yrechow. See ‎יְרִיחוֹ‎.

• the moon

1) moon

See Greek: σελήνη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָרֵחַ‎ noun masculine^{Josh 10:13} moon, especially in poetry (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎ירח‎; Assyrian iriµu, according to Pinches^{BOR Aug. 1888, 207}; Ethiopic moon, month; compare below ‎יֶרַח‎) — absolute ‎יָרֵחַ‎ Gen 37:9 + 25 t.; suffix ‎וִיָֽרֵחֵךְ‎ Isa 60:20: — moon, usually named with sun Josh 10:12; Josh 10:13 (poem in J E), Ps 72:5 (‎עִםשָֿׁ֑מֶשׁ וְלִפְנֵי יָרֵחַ‎), Ps 89:38* (in these two, a symbol of permanence), Ps 121:6; Isa 60:19; Hab 3:11; Joel 3:4* object of idolatrous worship Job 31:26 (+ sun); in same sense also + sun and stars Deut 4:19; Deut 17:3; 2Kgs 23:5; Jer 8:2 as determiner of feast-times Ps 104:19 (|| sun); + stars, as shining, by night Ps 136:9 (|| sun, by day), so ‎חֻקֹּת יָרֵחַ‎ Jer 31:35 (|| id.); elsewhere + sun and stars Gen 37:9 (E), Isa 13:10; Ezek 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15*; Ps 148:3; Eccl 12:2 + stars Ps 8:4*; Job 25:5 with neither sun nor stars only ‎עַדבְּֿלִי יָרֵחַ‎ Ps 72:7.

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