יֶרַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3391

month — used 12 times in the Hebrew 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

יֶ֫רַח: n.m. month tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Zc 11:8 month (Aramaic יַרְחָא, ܝܰܪܚܳܐ new moon, month; Palm. ירח VogNo. 1; Assyrian arḫu COTGloss. Muss-ArnoltJBL xi. 1892, 73, 163; cf. Ph. Ethiopic sub יָרֵחַ; Sab. ורחֿ month, DHMZMG 1876, 603; 1883, 369 HalJAS vii, 1 516)—abs. יֶ֫רַח 1 K 6:37 + 3 times; cstr. id. Dt 21:13 2 K 15:13; pl. יְרָחִים Ex 2:2 + 3 times; cstr. יַרְחֵי Jb 7:3; 29:2;— month, as measure of time, during, or in which Ex 2:2 (E), Zc 11:8 Jb 39:2; יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא Jb 7:3; יַרְחֵי קֶדֶם 29:2; pleon. יֶרַח יָמִים a month (of) days = a month of time Dt 21:13 2 K 15:13. calendar month, with name יֶרַח זִו 1 K 6:37 (2nd mo., cf. v 1); יֶרַח בּוּל v 38 (8th mo.); יֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים 1 K 8:2 (7th mo.); cf. בְּמִסְפַּי יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹא Jb 3:6; גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים Dt 33:14 produce of months, i.e. of various seasons of years.—Cf. synon. חֹדֶשׁ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a month (3); months (3); the month (3).

In the verses

Job 39:2 · tree →

תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֣ת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃

Word for word: will.you.count? [the].months [which].they.complete and do.you.know? the.time of their.bringing.forth

JPS 1917: Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Deuteronomy 33:14 · tree →

וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד תְּבוּאֹ֣ת שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גֶּ֥רֶשׁ יְרָחִֽים׃

Word for word: and from.[the] excellent.gift of.[the].produce(s) of.[the].sun and from.[the] excellent.gift of.[the].yield of.[the].months

JPS 1917: And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,

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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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