2 Kings 15:37

Lexical meaning

Definition

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Derivation

from an unused root meaning to be hot;

KJV renderings

age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

Grammar

• בַּ — preposition with definite article
• יָּמִ֣ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute

Code HRd/Ncmpa

Usage

Occurs 2,304 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:13Genesis 1:14

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יוֹם here.