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יְרַח

Biblical Aramaic

month — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

month tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְרַח: n.m. month tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. month (v. BH);—abs. לִירַח אֲדָר Ezr 6:15; pl. abs. יַרְחִין Dn 4:26.

Jastrow 1903

יְרַח: moon; month first day of the month, New-Moon-Day tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(= h. יָרֵחַ a. יֶרַח) moon; month.—יומא די׳ or י׳ (sub. ריש) the first day of the month, New-Moon-Day. Targ. Is. XLVII, 13. Ib. LXVI, 23. Targ. I Sam. XX, 18. Targ. Ez. XLVI, 1; a. fr.—Targ. O. Deut. XXI, 13 יִרַח יומין ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יְרַח; Y. תלתא יַרְחִין).—Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. R. s. 40 (ref. to בחדש השביעי, Lev. XXIII, 24) בי׳ דשבועתא in the month of oaths (Gen. XXII, 16). Sabb. 86ᵇ בחד בשבא איקבע י׳ the New-Moon was declared on the first day of the week. Ib. פליגי בקביע די׳ they differ as to the day on which the New Moon was declared. Bets. 4ᵇ והשתא דידעינן בקביעא די׳ and now that we know the time of the New Moon (by fixed calendar); a. fr.—Pl. יַרְחִין, יַרְחַיָּא, יַרְחֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 14. Targ. Ex. II, 2; a. fr.—R. Hash. 20ᵃ בשאר י׳ as to the other months (than Nisan and Tishri). Y. ib. II, 57ᵈ bot. Macc. 23ᵇ; a. fr.—תריסר ירחי שתא twelve months (forming) a year, twelve months from date. B. Mets. 16ᵇ; 35ᵃ. Ab. Zar. 8ᵇ; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (18 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of months (1); the month (1).

In the verses

Daniel 4:26 · tree →

לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃

Word for word: to.[the] end of.months two.plus ten on the.palace of the.kingdom (diy).of Babylon walking.about he.was

JPS 1917: At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

Ezra 6:15 · tree →

וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד י֥וֹם תְּלָתָ֖ה לִירַ֣ח אֲדָ֑ר דִּי־הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־שֵׁ֔ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

Word for word: and it.was.finished the house this until day three of the.month of.Adar which it [was].year six of the.reign of.Darius the king

JPS 1917: And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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