יוֹמָם
yôwmâm · H3119 · Hebrew · 51 occurrences
Meanings
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by day
During the daytime
ExamplesExodus 13:21 And the LORD was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night.
Exodus 13:22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from the presence of the people.
Exodus 40:38 For throughout their journeys, the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צַרadversary, foe, distress 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- לַיִל layil · H3915 · night
- The direct lexical opposite of יוֹמָם, denoting night in contrast to day.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἡμέρα hēméra · G2250 · day
- יוֹמָם (yôwmâm, H3119) יוֹמָם specifically denotes the daytime period (as opposed to night), while ἡμέρα (hēméra, G2250) ἡμέρα serves as its natural Greek translation equivalent for 'day' in temporal contexts, encompassing both the daylight hours and the full 24-hour period depending on context.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Time002002002010
- יוֹמָם means 'by day' or 'in the daytime,' as in the pillar of cloud that led Israel by day, contrasted with the pillar of fire by night (Exodus 13:21).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3119. yomam יוֺמָם51 substantive and adverb daytime, by day (compare Aramaic יְמָמָא day…
יוֺמָם51 substantive and
adverb daytime, by day (compare Aramaic יְמָמָא day (as opposed to night); יֵמָם ᵑ7 by day; perhaps Phoenician ימם (in dates, before number), CISI. i. 10. 1 (see note); so NöZDMG 1886, 721: on םָ֯ see below חִנָּם) —
1. substantive daytime (rare) Jer 15:9 יומם בעוד while it is yet daytime, Jer 33:20 b ולילה יומם הֱיוֺת לְבִלְתִּי daytime and night, Jer 33:25 י ׳בְּרִיתִי ולילה (? read יוֺם as Jer 33:20 a); Eze 30:16 יוֺמָם צָרֵי foes of daytime, i.e. coming by day (compare Jer 15:8; but text apparently defective, see ᵐ5 Sm); once (late) בְּיוֺמָם (compare בְּיֵמָם ᵑ7 1Sa 25:16; Job 5:14), Neh 9:19 (varied from Exo 13:21; Deu 1:33 יומם). — Num 9:21 the sense required is (during) a day and a night; read probably יוֺם
2. adverb in the daytime, by day, Num 10:34; Job 24:16 (but see חִתֵּם), Isa 4:6; Eze 12:3-4, Eze 12:7; mostly with לַיְלָה, and then often in poetry = continually: so וָלַיְלָה יוֺמָם Exo 13:21; Jos 1:8; 1Ki 8:59; Psa 1:2; Psa 32:4 +, וְיוֺמָם לַיְלָה Deu 28:66; Isa 34:10; Jer 14:17, in parallel clauses (especially in poetry) 2Sa 21:10; Isa 21:8; Jer 31:35; Psa 22:3; Psa 42:9; Psa 91:5; Psa 121:6 +. Psa 13:3 by day yields a lame sense: either add וָלַיְלָה (ᵐ5 Del Gr Ch), or read יֹם יֹם יוֺם) (יוֺם LagNov.Psalt.Gr.Ed.Spec.13 Now.
I. יון (√ of following; meaning unknown).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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