Lexical Definition
מָחָר mâchâr (maw-khar') tomorrow H:N-M
probably from אָחַר
time to come, tomorrow.
- properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow
- usually (adverbially) tomorrow
- indefinitely, hereafter
1) tomorrow, in time to come, in the future
1a) tomorrow (as the day following the present day)
1b) in future time
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| מָחָר֙ | tomorrow | Josh.4.6 • Josh.4.21 • Josh.22.27 • Judg.19.9 • 1Sam.20.12 • 1Kgs.19.2 • 2Kgs.7.1 • 2Chr.20.16 • 2Chr.20.17 |
| מָחָֽר | tomorrow | Exod.32.5 • Num.16.16 • 2Kgs.6.28 |
| מָחָ֣ר | tomorrow | 1Sam.20.18 |
| מָחָ֡ר | tomorrow | 1Sam.9.16 |
| מָחָ֞ר | tomorrow | Josh.11.6 |
| מָחָ֛ר | tomorrow | Exod.10.4 • 1Sam.11.9 |
| מָחָ֗ר | tomorrow | Exod.9.5 • Exod.17.9 • Num.14.25 • Josh.3.5 • Josh.22.24 • 1Kgs.20.6 • Esth.9.13 |
| מָחָ֖ר | in future time | Exod.13.14 |
| tomorrow | Deut.6.20 • Judg.20.28 • 1Sam.11.10 • 1Sam.19.11 • 2Kgs.10.6 • Isa.22.13 | |
| מָחָ֔ר | in future time | Gen.30.33 |
| tomorrow | Exod.9.18 • Num.16.7 • 1Sam.20.5 • 2Kgs.7.18 • Isa.56.12 | |
| מָחָ֑ר | tomorrow | Exod.8.29 • Exod.16.23 • Josh.22.28 • Prov.27.1 |
| לְמָחָר֮ | for tomorrow | Num.11.18 |
| לְמָחָ֥ר | to tomorrow | Exod.8.23 |
| לְמָחָ֛ר | for tomorrow | Esth.5.12 |
| לְמָחָ֑ר | for tomorrow | Josh.7.13 |
| to tomorrow | Exod.8.10 | |
| וּמָחָ֥ר | and tomorrow | Esth.5.8 • Prov.3.28 |
| וּמָחָ֣ר | and tomorrow | 2Sam.11.12 |
| וּמָחָ֕ר | and tomorrow | Josh.22.18 • 1Sam.28.19 |
| וּמָחָ֑ר | and tomorrow | Exod.19.10 |
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מָחָר52 noun masculine, used often as adverb, tomorrow, in time to come (Aramaic מְחַר ; probably properly time in front, Köii. 263, compare √, and Assyrian ma—ru, front, often of time, though always of former time, of old, DlHWB 402); —
1. to-morrow (the day following the present day),
a. as substantive Exod 16:23 מָחָר ׳שַׁבָּתוֺן שַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ לְי to-morrow is a sabbath, etc., 1Sam 20:5 חֹדֶשׁ מָחָר to-morrow is the new moon, v1Sam 20:18 in יוֺם מָחָר Gen 30:33; Prov 27:1; Isa 56:12 in the idiomatic phrase כָּעֵת מָחָר at the like of the time, (being) to-morrow, = about to-morrow (see כְּ 1 a) Exod 9:18; 1Sam 9:16; 1Sam 20:12; 1Kgs 19:2; 1Kgs 20:6; 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:18; 2Kgs 10:6 and in לְמָחָר Exod 8:19* לְמָחָר יִהְיֶה הָאֹת הַזֶּה, = for, against, to-morrow, Exod 8:6*; Num 11:18; Josh 7:13; Esth 5:12.
b. as adverb accusative Exod 8:25*; Exod 9:5 מָחָר יַעֲשֶׂה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה ׳י, Exod 10:4 הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה, Exod 17:9; Exod 32:5; Num 14:25; 1Sam 11:9 etc., Josh 11:6 מָחָר כָּעֵת הַזּאֹת; opposed to הַיּוֺם Exod 19:10 הַיּוֺם וּמָחָר, Josh 22:18; 2Sam 11:12a; rhetorically, Isa 22:13 כִּי מָחָר נָמוּת.
2. = in future time, Exod 13:14 כִּי יִשְׁאָֽלְךָ בִנְךָ מָחָר לֵאמֹר = Deut 6:20; Josh 4:6; Josh 4:21; Josh 22:24; Josh 22:27; Josh 22:28 so בְּיוֺם מָחָר Gen 30:33.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 30:33 |
| Exodus | 8:6* · 8:19* · 8:25* · 9:5 · 9:18 · 10:4 · 13:14 · 16:23 · 17:9 · 19:10 · 32:5 |
| Numbers | 11:18 · 14:25 |
| Deuteronomy | 6:20 |
| Joshua | 4:6 · 4:21 · 7:13 · 11:6 · 22:18 · 22:24 · 22:27 · 22:28 |
| 1 Samuel | 9:16 · 11:9 · 20:5 · 20:12 · 20:18 |
| 2 Samuel | 11:12 |
| 1 Kings | 19:2 · 20:6 |
| 2 Kings | 7:1 · 7:18 · 10:6 |
| Esther | 5:12 |
| Proverbs | 27:1 |
| Isaiah | 22:13 · 56:12 |