Psalms 81:3

תִּקְע֣וּ בַחֹ֣דֶשׁ שׁוֹפָ֑ר בַּ֝כֵּ֗סֶה לְי֣וֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Select a Hebrew word above to see its details.

תִּקְע֣וּ
תִּקְע֣וּ
Root word blow, blew, fastened, blown, clap, …
Dictionary form: תָּקַע · taw-KA

Verb — Qal, Imperative, second person masculine plural simple action — "he did" a command — try "___!" the built-in subject is "you (a group)"

In the KJV here: blow up
blew ×6 blow ×5 and blew ×4 and blow ×3 and he blew ×3 shall blow ×3 and blowing ×2 and they blew ×2
More options
sound — Best for trumpets/horns in liturgical or military contexts.
blast — Vivid, forceful; suits a single loud horn burst.
drive — For thrusting or driving something in firmly, e.g. a peg.
clap — Fits the idiom of clapping hands as a gesture.
fasten — When securing or pitching something in place.
strike — General forceful contact; use when other senses are too narrow.

BDB9238 H8628

BDB9237 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB9239

תָּקַע verb thrust, clap, give a blow, blast (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic תְּקַע strike, blow horn; Ethiopic blow trumpet); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ת Gen 31:25 +, 1 singular וְתָקַעְתִּ֫י Jer 7:18, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular תִּקְעוּ Jer 3:37 +, suffix וַיִּתְקָעֵהוּ Exod 10:19, etc.; Imperative masculine plural תִּקְעוּ Hos 5:8 +; Infinitive absolute תָּקוֺעַ Josh 6:9; Josh 6:13 construct לִתְקוֺעַ Judg 7:12, ׳כִּת Isa 18:3 Participle active תִּקֵעַ Prov 17:18 +, ect.; passive feminine תְּקוּעָה Isa 22:25 —
1. thrust, drive, weapon (accusative) into (ב) a person Judg 3:21; Judg 4:21; 2Sam 18:14, peg into (ב) something Isa 22:23; Isa 22:25 (compare Judg 4:21); hence pitch a tent (accusative), i.e. drive its pegs: Gen 31:25 a Jer 6:3 ( + עַל against, in figure), accusative omitted Gen 31:25b; thrust, drive, beat (strands of hair together) בַּיָּחֵד Judg 16:4, insert a; so vJudg 16:13 (so ᵐ5; compare GFMComm. and PAOS Oct, 1889, 176 ff.); thrust, drive locusts seaward (ה locative), Exod 10:19 (J); compare בְּ ׳ת 1Sam 31:10 of fastening bodies to wall, and similarly 1Chr 10:10 (but read in both הוֺקִיעוּ √ יקע Lag We Dr and modern).
2. give a blast, blow (German 'stossen'), with ב of instrument (usually horn or clarion) Josh 6:4; Josh 6:8; Josh 6:9; Josh 6:13 (twice in verse); Josh 6:16; Josh 6:20 (JE), Judg 3:27; Judg 6:34; Judg 7:18 (twice in verse); Judg 7:19; Judg 7:20 + 14 t., + Num 10:3; Num 10:4; Num 10:8; Num 10:10 (P; see חֲצֹצְרָה), also Ezek 7:14 (see תָּקוֺעַ below); ׳ת alone Judg 7:20; Num 10:7 (P; opposed to חֵרִיעַ sound an alarm), with accusative תְּרוּעָה vNum 10:5 vNum 10:6 vNum 10:6 (P; see חֲצֹצְרָה); with accusative of instrument Judg 7:22; Hos 5:8; Isa 18:3; Jer 4:5; Jer 6:1; Jer 51:27; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:15; Ps 81:4, + תקעו Josh 6:9 (Kt; Qr תֹּקְעֵי).
3. strike, clap hands; in triumph, כַּף עָלֶיךָ ׳ת Nah 3:19, כָ֑ף ׳ת Ps 47:2 also (late) of gesture ratifying a bargain, specifically pledging oneself to become surety, only Proverbs (all || עַרַב): לַזָּר כַּפֶּיךָ ׳ת Prov 17:18; Prov 22:26 absolute Prov 11:15. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular
1. יִתָּקַע שׁוֺפָר Amos 3:6 if a horn be blown, compare ׳בְּשׁ ׳יִתּ Isa 27:13 it shall be blown (a blast shall be given) on a horn.
2. מִיהֿוּא לְיָדִי יִתֵָּ˜קעַ ׃ Job 17:3 who is there that will strike himself (i.e. pledge himself) into my hand ?

blow, blew, fastened, blown, clap, …
tāqaʿ
to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
  • to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast
    • (Qal)
      • to thrust, drive (of weapon)
        • "to give a blast, give a blow"to strike or clap hands
      (Niphal)
      • to be blown, blast (of horn)
        • "to strike or pledge oneself

בַ חֹ֣דֶשׁ
בַ
Prefix — preposition in, at, by, with + "the" (the article is absorbed into the prefix)
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
Root word month, months, moons, moon, monthly, …
Dictionary form: חֹדֶשׁ · hoh-DESH

בַ
Hidden "the" בַ = the preposition + the article הַ squeezed together: the "a" vowel under the prefix is the swallowed "the". Translate "in the ___".

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: in the new moon
month ×118 day of the month ×35 months ×29 of the month ×19 from a month ×9 in the month ×7 is the month ×5 the month ×5
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month — Most universal rendering; fits nearly every context.
new moon — Use for festival/calendar contexts marking lunar cycle start.
lunar month — Clarifies the Hebrew lunar reckoning for modern readers.
moon — Poetic or astronomical contexts where the celestial body is in view.
monthly — Adjectival/adverbial use; describes recurring monthly events.

BDB2579 H2320

BDB2578 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB2580

I. חֹ֫דֶשׁ282 noun masculineGen 7:11 (feminine ᵑ0 Gen 38:24 but masculine Sam Di) (newness), new moon, month (on formation compare LgBN 144; on usage, names, etc., Muss-ArnJBL 1892, 72 ff., 160 ff.) — ׳ח absolute Gen 7:11 +; construct (rare) Gen 29:14 +; suffix חָדְשׁוֺ Num 28:14 + 2 t.; חָדְשָׁהּ Hos 2:13; Jer 2:24 plural חֳדָשִׁים Gen 38:24 +; construct חָדְשֵׁי Exod 12:2 + 2 t.; suffix חֳדָשָׁיו Job 14:5 + 2 t.; חָדְשֵׁיכֶם Isa 1:14; Num 28:11 חָדְשֵׁכֶם Num 10:10 —

1. new moon = day, time, of new moon, as religious festival 1Sam 20:5; 1Sam 20:18; 1Sam 20:24; 1Sam 20:27; 1Sam 20:34 (Dr); compare ׳יאֹכְלֵם ח Hos 5:7 a new moon shall devour them, Hi St VB, but on text see We; usually || שַׁבָּת Amos 8:5; 2Kgs 4:23; Isa 1:13 (+ קְרֹא מִקְרָא), מִדֵּי חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ Isa 66:23, Ezek 46:1; Ezek 46:6 (both ׳יוֺם הַח), 1Chr 23:31; 2Chr 2:3; 2Chr 8:13; 2Chr 31:3; Neh 10:34 (all + מוֺעֵד), Hos 2:13; Ezek 45:17 (both + חג, מועד); || מוֺעֵד alone Isa 1:14; Ezek 3:5 || יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Ps 81:4 (compare ׳ראֹשׁ הַח Num 10:10; Num 28:11 on religious observance of new moon compare DiLv p. 578 f BenzArchäol. § 69); as time of augury in Babylon (astrological prognostication) Isa 47:13.
2. month (as beginning with new moon, lunar month; compare BenzArchäol. § 30, but then, without reference to day of beginning);
  a. as measure of time during which Gen 38:24 (J), Num 11:20; Num 11:21 (JE), Num 9:22 (P), Judg 11:37; Judg 11:38; Judg 11:39; Judg 20:47; 1Sam 6:1; 1Sam 27:7; 2Sam 2:11; 2Sam 5:5; 2Sam 6:11; 2Sam 24:8; 2Sam 24:13 = 1Chr 21:12; Amos 4:7; 1Kgs 4:7; 1Kgs 5:7; 1Kgs 5:28 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 11:16; 2Kgs 15:8; 2Kgs 23:31; 2Kgs 24:8; Ezek 39:12; Ezek 39:14; 1Chr 3:4; 1Chr 13:14; 2Chr 36:2; 2Chr 36:9; Esth 2:12 (3 t. in verse). In 1Sam 10:27b read probably כְּמֵחֹדֶשׁ for ᵑ0 כמחרישׁ, and join to 1Sam 11:1, so ᵐ5 We Dr (compare Gen 38:24); in combinations, יָמִים ׳ח a month (of) time (compare יֶרַח ימים Deut 21:1; 2Kgs 15:13) Gen 29:14 (J), Num 11:20; Num 11:26 (JE), ׳ימים ארבעה ח Judg 19:2 of age ׳מִסְפַּרחֿ number of his months =length of his life Job 14:5; Job 21:21 compare especially ׳בֶּןחֿ Lev 27:6; Num 3:15; Num 3:22; Num 3:28; Num 3:34; Num 3:39; Num 3:40; Num 3:43; Num 18:16; Num 26:22 (all P).
  b. calendar months, (1) with names הָאָבִיב ׳ח Exod 13:4; Exod 23:15; Exod 34:18 (twice in verse) (all J E; = 1st month Exod 12:2 P), Deut 16:11 זִו ׳ח 1Kgs 6:1 ( = 2nd mo. ib.; = יֶרַח זִו v1Kgs 6:37); compare 1Kgs 8:2 (הַשְּׁבִיעִי ׳הַח = יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים), 1Kgs 6:38 (הַשְּׁמִינִי ׳הַח = יֶרַח בּוּל); in the post-exilic books occur Babylonian names (see the several words): — נִיסָן ׳ח Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7 ( = 1st mo. Esth 3:7); סִיוָן ׳ח Esth 8:9 = 3rd mo.; כִּסְלֵו ׳ח Zech 7:1; Neh 1:1 ( = 9th mo. Zech 7:1); טֵבֵ֑ת ׳ח Esth 2:16 = 10th mo.; שְׁבָט ׳ח Zech 1:7 = 11th mo.; אֲדָר ׳ח Esth 3:7; Esth 3:13; Esth 8:12; Esth 9:1 in all = 12th mo., Esth 9:15; Esth 9:17; Esth 9:19; Esth 9:21 (compare also אֱלוּל Neh 6:15, without ׳ח or יֶרַךְ; this was 6th mo.; see further SchrCOT Neh 1:1 Benzl.c.). (2) merely numbered (chiefly P and late) e.g. הַשֵּׁנִי ׳בַּח Gen 7:11, compare Gen 8:4; Gen 8:5; Gen 8:14; Lev 16:29; Num 1:1; Num 1:18 (all P) + often P; Deut 1:3 (P), 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33; 1Kgs 25:1; 1Kgs 25:3; 1Kgs 25:8; 1Kgs 25:25; 1Kgs 25:27; + 11 t. Jeremiah; Ezek 24:1; Ezek 32:1; Hag 1:1; Hag 1:15; Zech 1:1; Zech 7:1; Zech 7:13; 1Chr 12:15, compare entire list 1Chr 27:2-15; 2Chr 3:2 + 12 t. 2 Chronicles; Ezra 3:1 + 10 t. Ezra; Neh 7:72; Neh 8:2; Neh 8:14; Esth 3:12 note especially הַזֶּה לָכֶם ראֹשׁ חָדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁוֺן הוּא לָכֶם ׳הַח Exod 12:2 (P), as implying that the 1st mo. was formerly not in the spring; observe also usage of omitting ׳ח, e.g. בָּרִאשׁוֺן = ׳הָר ׳בַּח Gen 8:13, compare vGen 8:5 so commonly in Ezek.: — Ezek 1:1; Ezek 8:1; Ezek 20:1; Ezek 29:1; Ezek 29:17; Ezek 30:20; Ezek 31:1; Ezek 33:21; Ezek 45:18; Ezek 45:21; Ezek 45:25 + Ezek 26:1; Ezek 32:17; Ezek 45:20 Co; (׳ח sometimes expressed, see Ezek 24:1; Ezek 32:1 above; on like usage with יום see יום). (3) special phrases and usages are: — עֹלַת חֹדֶשׁ בְּחָדְשׁוֺ לְחָדְשֵׁי שָׁנָה Num 28:14 (P; compare יום, and Isa 66:23 above
1.); מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ Esth 3:7 from day to day and from month to month; חָדְשָׁהּ Jer 2:24 of wild she-ass's mating time.

month, months, moons, moon, monthly, …
ḥōdeš
the new moon; by implication, a month
  • the new moon, month, monthly
    • the first day of the month
      • "the lunar month

שׁוֹפָ֑ר
שׁוֹפָ֑ר
Root word trumpet, trumpets, cornet, cornets
Dictionary form: שׁוֹפָר · shoh-PAWR

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: the trumpet
of the trumpet ×19 the trumpet ×11 with the trumpets ×8 a trumpet ×7 the trumpets ×5 trumpets ×4 ye the trumpet ×2 and the trumpets ×1
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ram's horn — Most precise; clarifies the instrument's actual material and form.
shofar — Retains Hebrew term; preferred in Jewish/liturgical contexts.
horn — Broad, simple term; good for general or non-specialist audiences.
signal horn — Emphasizes its function as a signaling instrument.
trumpet — Modernizes KJV; acceptable where brass connotation is not misleading.

BDB8995 H7782

BDB8994 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8996

שֹׁפָר, שׁוֺפָר72 noun masculineIsa 27:13 horn, for blowing (Aramaic שׁיפורא √ dubious; CAdlerPAOS 1889, Clxxi ff. compare Assyrian šappar(u) a species of wild goat; in any case the ׳שׁ is a curved horn, as of cow or ram, compare DrAmos 2:2 (with illustrations)); — absolute ׳שׁוֺ 2Sam 6:15 +, ׳שׁ Exod 19:16 +; construct שׁוֺפַר Lev 25:9 plural שׁוֺפָרוֺת Judg 7:22 +, construct שׁוֺפְרוֺת Josh 6:4 +; suffix שׁוֺפְרֹתֵיהֶם Judg 7:8 — horn, mostly as used in war, rarely, and chiefly late, as sacred instrument: Hos 8:1; Judg 7:8; Judg 7:16; Isa 58:1 (simile) Job 39:25 (׳בְּדֵי שׁ, see דַּי 2 a); (הַ)יּוֺבְלִים ׳שׁ Josh 6:4 rams' horns (see יבל), so vJosh 6:6 vJosh 6:8 vJosh 6:13 (all E); ׳קוֺל (הַ)שׁ Exod 19:16; Exod 19:19; Exod 20:18 (Gi vExod 20:15), Josh 6:5; Josh 6:20 (all E), Amos 2:2 + 13 t.; ׳תָּקַע בַּשּׁ = give a blast with the horn, Judg 3:27; Judg 6:34; Josh 6:4 + 9 t. Joshua, 1Sam 13:3; 1Kgs 1:34; 1Kgs 1:39 + 9 t., +(׳י subject) Zech 9:14 ׳תָּקַע שׁ Hos 5:8; Amos 3:6 (verb Niph`al), Jer 4:5 + 7 t., +׳תֹּקְעֵי הַשּׁ Josh 6:9 Qr (Kt תָּֽקְעוּ); compare לִתְקוֺעַ ׳הַשּׁ Judg 7:20, ׳בְּתֵקַע שׁ Ps 150:3 also תְּרוּעָה ׳הֶעֱבִיר שׁ Lev 25:9 a (H), compare vLev 25:9 b (P), וּתְרוּעָה ׳יוֺם שׁ Zeph 1:16 used on religious occasions, Josh 6:4ff.; Lev 25:9; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:15; Ps 47:6; Ps 81:4; Ps 98:6; Ps 150:3; 2Chr 15:14. — On ׳שׁ see AdlerThe Shophar (1894) DrAmos 2:2 HptWe Psalms Transl. 221 f. AbrahamsHast. DB TRUMPET.

trumpet, trumpets, cornet, cornets
šôpār
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
  • horn, ram's horn

בַּ ֝כֵּ֗סֶה
בַּ
Prefix — preposition in, at, by, with + "the" (the article is absorbed into the prefix)
֝כֵּ֗סֶה
Root word appointed
Dictionary form: כֶּסֶא · keh-SEH

בַּ
Hidden "the" בַּ = the preposition + the article הַ squeezed together: the "a" vowel under the prefix is the swallowed "the". Translate "in the ___".

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: in the time appointed
appointed ×1 in the time appointed ×1
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appointed time — Most natural modern phrase; suits formal or liturgical contexts.
fixed time — Emphasizes the predetermined, set nature of the occasion.
designated time — Slightly more formal; good for legal or covenantal contexts.
set time — Concise and natural; works well in narrative prose.
scheduled occasion — More contemporary register; clarifies it is a recurring event.

BDB4106 H3677

BDB4105 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4107

כֶּ֫סֶא Prov 7:20, כֶּ֫סֶה Ps 81:4 noun [masculine] full moon (compare Aramaic ; origin dubious, compare LagSymn. i. 93; perhaps Assyrian loan-word; compare Assyrian kusêu, headdress or cap, = agû, id., and also full moon (as tiara of moon-god ?), DlHWB, sub kusêu, kubšu, agû; yet see Brock) — ׳לְיוֺם הַכּ Prov 7:20 as a feast-day, ׳בַּכּ Ps 81:4 (opposed to בַּחֹדֶשׁ, at the new moon).

appointed
keseʾ
properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e., its festival
  • full moon

לְ י֣וֹם
לְ
Prefix — preposition to, for
י֣וֹם
Root word day, days, time, daily, ever, …
Dictionary form: יוֹם · yome

Noun — Common, masculine singular, construct state "___ of …" — bound to the next word

In the KJV here: day
day ×665 days ×303 the days ×109 in the day ×104 the day ×93 this day ×84 to day ×39 in the days ×38
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day — Default rendering; fits most singular, literal contexts.
days — Use for plural forms or extended periods.
time — Prefer when yom signals an era or occasion, not a calendar day.
today — Modernizes KJV 'to day / this day' in direct speech.
season — Use when the context implies a set or appointed period.
lifetime — Suits biographical or lifespan contexts; replaces 'all the days of his life'.

BDB3494 H3117

BDB3493 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB3495

יוֺם2285 noun masculineGen 1:5 day (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יומָא, ; Phoenician ים; MI5 ימן, suffix ימי Gen 1:6; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:33, plural construct ימי Gen 1:8, suffix 3 masculine singular ימה; SI3 ים; Zinjirli יום DHMSendsch Gloss; Plam. יום VogNo. 123a, Oxon. iii.; Arabic ; Ethiopic Sabean יום, ים MordtZMG 1876, 29, יומה DHMZMG 1883, 328 SabDenkm61; Assyrian ummu, ûmu COTGloss; derivation unknown; on √ and relation of יום to Phoenician ימם, Aramaic ימם, , see NöZMG 1886, 721 BaZMG 1887, 632 f.) — יוֺם absolute Gen 1:5 +; construct Gen 2:4 +; suffix יוֺמְךָ Jer 50:31 יוֺמוֺ Exod 5:13 + 22 t.; יוֺמָם Jer 50:27; Ezek 21:34 dual יוֺמַ֫יִם Exod 21:21 יוֺמָ֑יִם Exod 16:29; Num 11:19 יֹמַ֫יִם Num 9:22 יֹמָ֑יִם Hos 6:2 ; plural יָמִים Gen 4:3 +; יָמִם; Num 6:5 יָמִין (Aramaic form; Ges«GKC:87»§ 87, 1 a) Dan 12:13 מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה Exod 13:10 + 4 t.; construct יְמֵי Gen 3:14 +; יְמוֺת Deut 32:7; Ps 90:15 ; suffix יָמַי Job 7:6 + 9 t.; יָמָ֑י Gen 29:21+ 8 t.; יָמֵינוּ Jer 35:8 + 7 t., etc.; —

1. day, opposed to night, Gen 7:14; Gen 7:12; Gen 8:22 (all J), Gen 31:39; Gen 31:40 (E), Exod 24:18; Exod 34:28; Num 11:32 (twice in verse); Josh 10:13 (all J E), Deut 9:9; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:18; Deut 9:25; Deut 10:10 (D), Gen 1:5; Gen 1:14; Gen 1:16; Gen 1:18 (P), 1Sam 30:12; Judg 19:8; Judg 19:9 (twice in verse); Judg 19:11; Amos 5:8; 1Kgs 8:29; 1Kgs 19:8; Neh 4:16; Eccl 8:16 || לִפְנֵי בוֺאהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ 2Sam 3:35 ׳חֹם הַיּ Gen 18:1(J) the heat of the day 1Sam 11:11; 2Sam 4:5 עוֺד גָּדוֺל ׳הַיּ Gen 29:7 (J) the day is still high, not near its end; ׳רוּחַ הַיּ Gen 3:8 coll of the day; מִןהָֿאוֺר עַדֿ ׳מַחֲצִית הַיּ Neh 8:3 from dawn until mid-day; so also probably of mid-day הוֺלך ואור עַדנְֿכוֺן הַיּוֺם Prov 4:18 growing lighter and lighter until the full day; note phrase in Judg 19, ׳עַדנְֿטוֺת הַיּ Judg 19:8 until the declining of the day; לַעֲרוֺב ׳רָפָה הַיּ vJudg 19:9 the day hath sunk down to become evening; ׳חֲנוֺת הַיּ vJudg 19:9 the declining of the day; רַד מְאֹד ׳הַיּ vJudg 19:11 the day has gone down exceedingly (is far spent).

2. Day as division of time:
  a. working-day Exod 20:9; Exod 20:10 (E) = Deut 5:18; Exod 16:26; Exod 16:30 (twice in verse) (J), Exod 23:12 (JE), Exod 31:15 (P), Lev 23:3 (H); יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה Ezek 46:1.
  b. דֶּרֶךְ יוֺם a day's journey Num 11:31 (twice in verse)( J E), 1Kgs 19:4 מַהֲלַךְ יוֺם אֶחָד Jonah 3:4 דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים a three days' journey Gen 30:36; Exod 3:18; Exod 5:3; Exod 8:23 (all J), Num 10:33 (twice in verse) (JE), Num 33:8 (P); מַהֲלַךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Jonah 3:3 so seven days' journey Gen 31:23 (E), 2Kgs 3:9 without דֶּרֶךְ etc., שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Exod 15:22 (E) they went three days, etc.
  c. to denote duration of various other acts or states: seven days Gen 7:4; Gen 7:10; Gen 8:10; Gen 8:12 forty days Gen 7:17; Gen 8:6 (all J); 150 days Gen 7:24; Gen 8:3 (both P), 1Sam 25:38; 1Kgs 8:65 (twice in verse); Jer 42:7; Ezek 4:5; Ezek 4:6; 1Chr 9:25; Ezra 6:22; Esth 1:4 etc. In Esth 4:16 1 & 2 are combined: וְאַלתִּֿשְׁתּוּ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֺם do not eat and do not drink for thee days, night or day (see Zech 14:7 below 3 below)
  d. day as defined by evening and morning Gen 1:5; Gen 1:8; Gen 1:13; Gen 1:19; Gen 1:23; Gen 1:31 (all P; compare further בֹּקֶר, עֶרֶב); see also Gen 2:2 (twice in verse); Gen 2:3 (P), Exod 20:11 (twice in verse)(E), Exod 32:17 (twice in verse) (P).
  e. day of month (with ordinal number), chiefly P and late: Gen 7:11; Gen 8:4; Gen 8:14; Exod 12:6; Exod 12:18 (twice in verse) +, 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33; 1Kgs 45:25; 1Kgs 1:15; 1Kgs 1:18; 2Chr 29:17 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:6; Neh 8:2; Neh 9:1; Dan 10:4; Esth 3:12; Esth 9:1 +; (יוֺם often omitted e.g. Gen 8:5; Gen 8:13; Exod 12:10; 2Kgs 25:1; 2Kgs 25:3; Ezek 1:1; Ezek 1:2; Hag 2:1; Hag 2:20; Zech 7:1; 2Chr 3:2; Ezra 6:19; Esth 3:13, etc.) feminine יוֺם defined by substantive, infinitive, or other clause: (1) construct יוֺם הַשֶּׁלֶג = the snowy day 2Sam 23:20 = 1Chr 11:22 יוֺם סַגְרִיר Prov 27:15 = rainy d.; יוֺם קָרָה Prov 25:20 = cold d.; (so, = time יוֺם צָרָתִי Gen 35:3 (E) d. of my distrees; Jer 18:17; Lam 1:7; Prov 24:10; Prov 25:19; Prov 27:10 יוֺם מוֺתוֺ etc. Judg 13:7; 2Sam 6:23; 2Kgs 15:5 + often; compare יוֺם הֻלֶּדֶת אֶתפַּֿרְעֹה Gen 40:20 (E) = Pharaoh's birthday; כְּיוֺם הִוָּ˜לְדָהּ Hos 2:5 compare Eccl 7:1 (see also 7 d below; compare יוֺמוֺ Job 3:1), יום חֲתֻנָּה Song 3:11 of day emphatically characterized by prophets and others יוֺם מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּסָה וּמְבוּכָה Isa 22:5 (see מְהוּמָה below הום); יוֺם צָרָה וְתוֺכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה Isa 37:3 = 2Kgs 19:3 on the other hand ׳יוֺם רָצוֺן לי Isa 58:5 a day of acceptableness to ׳י; plural followed by substantive יְמֵי שָׂכִיר Lev 25:50 (H) the days of an hireling; יְמֵי (מִלֻּאֵיכֶםׅ Lev 8:33; Num 6:13 followed by rel. clause אָרוּר הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּ֑וֺ יוֺם אֲשֶׁריְֿלָדַתְנִי ׳אִמִּי וגו Jer 20:14 compare Job 3:3 also Ps 118:24 (see i).
  g. particular days defined by proper name, of a location: יוֺם יִזְרְעֶאל Hos 2:2 i.e. of judgement, with implied restoration; see also Isa 9:3; Ezek 30:9 יְמֵי הַגִּבְעָה Hos 9:9; Hos 10:9, i.e. of the outrage at Gibeah (Judg 19:22ff.); יוֺם ירושׁלם Ps 137:7 i.e. of Jerusalem's calamity, compare Jer 50:27; Jer 50:31.
  h. with suffix, thy, his, or their day, in sense of (1) day of disaster or death: Psalms בָּא יוֺמְךָ Jer 50:31 thy day has come; אוֺ יומו יָבאֹ וָמֵת 1Sam 26:10 יומו in this sense also Ezek 21:30; Ps 37:13; Job 18:20 בָּא יוֺמָם Jer 50:27; Ezek 21:34.
  i. specifically a holy day: יוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת the sabbath day (see also שַׁבָּת), Exod 20:8; Exod 20:11(E) = Deut 5:12; Deut 5:15; Exod 31:15; Exod 35:3 +; = יוֺם קָדְשִׁי Isa 58:13 repetition בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת Lev 24:8 every Sabbath day; also יוֺם הַכִּפֻּרים Lev 23:27; Lev 25:9 יוֺם כִּפֻּרִים Lev 23:28 יוֺם הַבִּכּוּרִים Num 28:26 יוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Ps 81:4 יוֺם מַלְכֵּנוּ Hos 7:5 also of false gods, יִמֵי הַבְּעָלִים Hos 2:11.

3. ׳יוֺם י day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous (see RSProph. 396 f. DrIsa 28); Amos 5:18 (twice in verse); Amos 5:20; Isa 2:12; Isa 13:6; Isa 13:9; Zeph 1:7 (compare vZeph 1:8), vZeph 1:14 vZeph 1:14 (compare vZeph 1:15 vZeph 1:16), Jer 46:10; Ezek 13:5; Ezek 30:3 (compare Ezek 36:33; Ezek 39:8; Ezek 39:11; Ezek 39:13); Obad 15; Zech 14:1; Mal 3:23 (compare Zech 14:7; Mal 3:2; Mal 3:17; Mal 3:19 (twice in verse); Mal 3:21), Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11 (compare vJoel 2:2 vJoel 2:2), Joel 3:4; Joel 4:14 ׳יוֺם עֶבְרַת י Zeph 1:18 יוֺם עֶבְרָה Prov 11:4 יוֺם חֲרוֺן אַפּוֺ Isa 13:13; Lam 1:12 יוֺם נָקָם Isa 34:8; Isa 61:2; Isa 63:4 יוֺם נְקָמָה Jer 46:10 ׳יוֺם אַף י Zeph 2:2; Zeph 2:3; Lam 2:22 יוֺם אַפּוֺ Lam 2:1 compare also Zech 14:7 (where senses of 1 and 2 are combined, compare Esth 4:16 2 c above); וְהָיָה יוֺםֿ לֹא יוֺם וְלֹא לָ֑יְלָה ׳אֶחָד הוּא יִּוָּדַע לי but there shall be one day, known shall it be of ׳י not day and not night; compare also ביום ההוא 7 g below

4. Plural days of any one:
  a. = his life, his age Gen 6:3 (J), Deut 22:19; Deut 22:29; Deut 23:7; Josh 24:31 (twice in verse) (D), Judg 2:7 (twice in verse); Judg 2:18; 1Sam 25:28, etc.; Gen 5:4; Gen 5:8; Gen 5:11; Gen 9:29; Gen 11:32 (all P), Job 7:1 (twice in verse); Job 7:6; Job 7:16; Job 8:9, Ps 39:5 (twice in verse); Ps 90:9; Ps 90:10; Ps 90:12; Ps 90:14; Ps 103:15 כָּליְֿמֵי חַיֶּיךָ Gen 3:14; Gen 3:17 (J), Ps 23:6, so Prov 31:12 יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיִּים 2Sam 19:35; Gen 25:7; Gen 47:8; Gen 47:9 (all P); יְמֵי חַיָּיו Eccl 5:17; Eccl 5:19 יְמֵי שָׁנָיו Eccl 6:3 יְמֵי שְׁנוֺתֵינוּ Ps 90:10 מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם Eccl 2:3 מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֺ Eccl 6:12 the number of the days of the years of his vanity, i.e. his empty, fleeting years; כָּלהַּֿיָּמִים אֲשֶׁרהֵֿם חַיִּים עַלפְּֿנֵי הָאֲדָמָה 1Kgs 8:40 יָמִים רַבִּים long life 1Kgs 3:11= 2Chr 1:11 בָּא בַּיָּמִים advanced in days = of advanced age Gen 18:11; Gen 24:1 (both J), Josh 13:1 (twice in verse) (JE), Josh 23:1; Josh 23:2 (D), 1Kgs 1:1 מִיָּמָיו 1Kgs 1:6 from his (earliest) days, so מִיָּמֶיךָ 1Sam 25:28 (see Dr), Job 38:12 שְׂבַע יָמִים Job 42:17; 1Kgs 8:40 יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ Exod 20:12 (JE) that thy days may be long = Deut 5:16, see further ארך; יָמִים עַליְֿמֵימֶֿלֶךְ תּוֺסִיף Ps 61:7 i.e. prolong the king's life; outlive is הֶאֱרִיךְ יָמִים אַחֲרֵי Josh 24:31(D), Judg 2:7 אֹרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֺת חַיִּים Prov 3:2 length of days and years of life; אֹרֶךְ יָמִים vProv 3:16 כְּיָמֶיךָ דבאך Deut 33:25 according to (the length of) thy life shall be [ thy strength ? read רבאך ?] see Di VB; rarely singular e.g. קְשֵׁהֿ יוֺם Job 30:25 one hurd of day, i.e. whose day (= life) was hard; of life as approaching its end, וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי ישׂראל לָמוּת Gen 47:29 (J) and the days of Israel drew near for dying, so Deut 31:14; 1Kgs 2:1 (compare Job 7:6; Job 7:16; Job 8:9; Eccl 2:3 above)
  b. (in) the days of (i.e. life-time, reign, or activity of) Gen 10:25 (J), Gen 14:1; Judg 5:6 (twice in verse); Judg 8:28; 2Sam 21:1; 1Kgs 16:34; 1Kgs 21:29 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 22:47; 2Kgs 20:19; 2Chr 13:20; 2Chr 35:18 + often (so M 2Chr 1:6. 8.8.9.33).
  c. hence in phrase סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְ 1Kgs 14:19; 1Kgs 14:29 + 31 t. Kings, Neh 12:23; Esth 2:23; Esth 10:2 מִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים 1Chr 27:24 סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים Esth 6:1.

5. Days:
  a. indefinite: יָמִים אֲחָדִים some days, a few days Gen 27:44 (J), Gen 29:10 (E), Dan 11:20 יָמִים alone Dan 40:4 (E) they were days (a certain time) in the prison 1Kgs 17:15; Neh 1:4 עוּל יָמִים Isa 65:20 a suckling of (a few) days; מִיָּמִים Judg 11:4 after a time, Judg 15:1 so מִקֵּץ יָמִים Gen 4:3 (J) after the end of days, 1Kgs 17:7 יוֺם אוֺ יוֺמַיִם Exod 21:21(JE) a day or two. יָמִים אוֺ עָשׂוֺר Gen 24:55 (J) some days, or ten (days or a dekad; on question of text see Di).
  b. of long time, זֶה יָמִים אוֺ זֶה שָׁנִים 1Sam 29:3 these days or these years; אוֺ יֹמַיִם אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺ יָמִים Num 9:22 (P) whether two days or a month or days (an indefinitely long period); יָמִים רַבִּים many days Gen 21:34 (JE) Gen 37:34 (J) +; ׳וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וגו Gen 38:12 (J) and the days were multiplied (= time passed) and Judah's wife died, 1Sam 7:2 אָֽרְכוּ לוֺ שָׁם הַיָּמִים Gen 26:8 (J) the days were long to him there = he had been there a long time; בְּהַאֲרִיךְ הֶעָנָןיָ֗֗֗מִים רַבִּים Num 9:19 (P) when the cloud prolonged many days (remained a long time) upon the tabern — See also 6 below
  c. days of old, former or ancient times (especially of early period of Israel hist): יְמוֺת עוֺלָם Deut 32:7 (poem); יְמֵי עוֺלם Mic 5:1; Mic 7:14; יְמֵי קֶדֶם Mic 7:20 יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם Ps 77:6; Ps 143:5 compare הַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים Eccl 7:10 coming days הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים Eccl 2:16 coming time יוֺם אַהֲרוֺן Prov 31:25 especially (ב)אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים see above; לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין Dan 12:13.

6. יוֺם = time;
  a. vividly in general sense (see also
5. above): time of harvest Prov 25:13 usually יְמֵי Gen 30:14 (J), Josh 3:15; Num 13:20 (twice in verse) (all J E), Judg 15:1; 2Sam 21:9 proper time for paying wages Deut 24:15 compare Job 14:6 time of parturition וַיִּמְלְאוּ יָמֶיהָ לָלֶדֶת Gen 25:24.
  b. apposition to other expressions of time (Dr§ 192 (1) DaSynt. § 29. d): חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים a month of time Gen 29:14 (J; literally a month, time), Num 11:20; Num 11:21 (JE); = יֶרַח יָמִים Deut 21:13; 2Kgs 15:13 יָמִים ארבעה חדשׁים Judg 19:2 time, four months (si vera lectio, see 1Sam 27:7); (מִקֵּץ) שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים Gen 41:1 (E) two years (of) time, 2Sam 13:23; 2Sam 14:28; Jer 28:3; Jer 28:11 שְׁלשָׁה שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים Dan 10:2; Dan 10:3 three weeks (of) time.
  c. plural in specific sense, apparently = year, literal יָמִים 1Sam 27:7; Lev 25:29 (H); לַיָּמִים Judg 17:10 זֶבַךְ הַיָּמִים 1Sam 1:21; 1Sam 2:19; 1Sam 20:6 יָמִים וארבעה חדשׁים 1Sam 27:7 = a year and four months (compare Judg 19:2 above
  b.); מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה = from year to year, yearly Exod 13:10 (JE), Judg 11:40 (compare vb), Judg 21:19; 1Sam 1:3; 1Sam 2:19 מִקֵּץ יָמִים לַיָּמִים 2Sam 14:26 יֹמַיִם אוֺ חֹדֶשׁ אוֺיָֿמִים Num 9:22 (P); distributive Num 14:34 (twice in verse) (P), Ezek 4:6 (twice in verse); וַיְהִי לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים וּכְעֵת צֵּאת הַקֵּץ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2Chr 21:19 and it came to pass at days from days (=after some days) even about the time of the outgoing of the end of two (series of) days (i.e. probably years, see Be).
7. Phrases, without preposition and with, are:
  a. (1) הַיּוֺם = to-day Gen 4:14; Gen 31:43; Gen 31:48; Exod 13:4 (JE) + often; opposed to תְּמוֺל yesterday Exod 5:14; 1Sam 20:27 opposed to מָחָר Exod 19:10 (2) (בְּ)יוֺם מָחָר = to-morrow Gen 30:33; Isa 56:12; Prov 27:1 (3) יוֺם אֶתְמוֺל Ps 90:4 (4) הַיּוֺם שְׁלשֶׁת הַיָּמִים 1Sam 9:20 three days ago (see Dr); = הַיּוֺם שְׁלשָׁה 1Sam 30:13 (5) בַּיּוֺם Judg 13:10 apparently = the other day (see Be); (6) יוֺם אֶחָד no preposition, emphatic = in one day, Gen 27:45; Isa 9:13 with בְּ Isa 10:17; Isa 47:9 for, during, one day Gen 33:13; Num 11:19 unemphatic, one day (= some day) 1Sam 27:1 יוֺם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי 1Sam 9:15 one day, before Saul came.
  b. וַיְהִי הַיּוֺם וַֹֿ and the day came, that (or when) 1Sam 1:4 (see Dr), 2Kgs 4:8; 2Kgs 4:11; 2Kgs 4:18; Job 1:6; Job 1:13; Job 2:1.
  c. הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים lo! days are coming, when, etc.; especially in Amos, Jeremiah: 1Sam 2:31; Amos 4:2; Amos 8:11; Amos 9:13; Isa 39:6 = 2Kgs 20:17; Jer 7:32 + 13 t. Jeremiah
  d. יוֺם in construct def. verbs, both literally, the day of, and (often) in general sense = the time of (forcible and pregnantly, representing the act vividly as that of a single day): (1) before infinitive, (α) singular without preposition אֶתיֿוֺם צֵאתְךָ Deut 16:3 and thou shalt remember the day of thy going out from the land Egypt, Isa 58:5; Ezek 39:13; Mal 3:2 compare Eccl 7:1 (מִן comparative); (β) עַדיֿוֺם Josh 6:10; Judg 18:30 + 5 t.; (γ) בְּיוֺם Gen 2:4; Gen 2:17; Gen 3:5 + 53 t.; (δ) כְּיוֺם Hos 2:5; Hos 2:17; Zeph 3:8; Zech 14:3 (ε) מִיּוֺם 1Sam 7:2; 1Sam 8:8; 1Sam 29:6; 2Sam 13:32; 2Kgs 8:6; Deut 9:24; Lev 23:15; Ezek 28:15 (ζ) לְמִיּוֺם Judg 19:30; 2Sam 7:6; Isa 7:17 (2) plural construct before infinitive: (α) כָּליְֿמֵי Judg 18:31; 1Sam 22:4; 1Sam 25:7; 1Sam 25:16; Lev 26:34; Lev 26:35; Num 6:6; 2Chr 36:21 (β) בִּימֵי Ruth 1:1; 2Chr 26:5 (γ) כִּימֵי Mic 7:15 (3) singular construct with preposition before finite verb in perfect: (α) compare בְּ, ׳בְּיוֺם דִּבֶּר י Exod 6:28 in the day (when) ׳י spoke, so Num 3:1; Deut 4:15 also Lev 7:35; 2Sam 22:1 = Ps 18:1; Ps 138:3; Zech 8:9 (β) מִיּוֺם Jer 36:2 (4) singular construct before imperfect: בְּיוֺם אֶקְרָא Ps 56:10 in the day (when) I cry, Ps 103:3; Lam 5:7 also without בְּ, יוֺם אִירָא Ps 56:4 (at the) time (when) I am afraid; (5) plural construct before perfect: כָּליְֿמֵי הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ אִתָּם 1Sam 25:15, so Lev 14:46 (probably, see Di); כִּימוֺת Ps 90:15 (6) plural construct before imperfect: כִּימֵי אֱלוֺתַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי Job 29:2 (7) מִיּוֺם construct before rel. clause: מִיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי לְפָנֶיךָ 1Sam 29:8 since the day when (= as long as) I have been before thee, Neh 5:14 (8) plural construct before rel. clause כָּליְֿמֵי אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכֹּן Num 9:18 as long as the cloud remained, etc.
  e. (1) יוֺם יוֺם day by day Gen 39:10 (J), Exod 16:5 (P), Prov 8:30; Prov 8:34; Ps 61:9; Ps 68:20 (+ Jer 7:25; Ps 13:3 Lag, see יוֺמָם); so (late) לְיוֺם בְּיוֺם 2Chr 24:11 יוֺם בְּיוֺם 2Chr 30:21; Neh 8:18 לְעֶתיֿוֺם בְּיוֺם 1Chr 12:22 עֹלֹת יוֺם בְּיוֺם Ezra 3:4 בִּדְבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺם 2Chr 8:13 מִיּוֺם אֶליֿוֺם from day to day 1Chr 16:23 = מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם Ps 96:2 (Esth 3:7 see below); יוֺם וָיוֺם Esth 3:4 (very late, see וְ 1 i
   (b), p. 253 above and DrIntr. 505); בְּכָליֿוֺם וָיוֺם Esth 2:11 כְּיוֺם בְּיוֺם 1Sam 18:10 as daily = according to daily habit; (2) מִיּוֺם לְיוֺם Esth 3:7, is in phrase of casting lots for one day after another; (מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה see 6 c); (3) of daily duties, observances, etc.: דְּבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ each day's affair in its day Exod 5:13; Exod 5:19; Exod 16:4 (all J), Lev 23:37 (H), 1Kgs 8:59; 2Kgs 25:30 = Jer 52:34; Ezra 3:4; Neh 11:23; Neh 12:47; Dan 1:5 לִדְבַר יוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ 1Chr 16:37; 2Chr 8:14; 2Chr 31:16. feminine כָּלהַֿיָּמִים = always, continually, Gen 43:9; Gen 44:32 (both J), Deut 4:40; Deut 5:26; Deut 6:24; Deut 11:1; Deut 14:23; Deut 18:5; Deut 19:9; Deut 28:29; Deut 28:33; Josh 4:24 (D), Judg 16:16; 1Sam 2:32; 1Sam 2:35; 1Sam 18:29; 1Sam 23:14; 1Sam 28:2; 2Sam 13:37; 2Sam 19:14; Jer 31:36; Jer 32:39; Jer 33:18; Jer 35:19; 1Kgs 5:15; 1Kgs 9:3; 1Kgs 11:36; 1Kgs 11:39; 1Kgs 12:7; 1Kgs 14:30; 1Kgs 2:19; 1Kgs 13:3; 1Kgs 17:37; 1Kgs 2:16; 1Kgs 10:7; 1Kgs 12:15; 1Kgs 21:7; also (only in prophetic writers and in poetry) כָּלהַֿיּוֺם Gen 6:5 (J), Hos 12:2; Deut 28:32; Deut 33:12; Jer 20:7; Jer 20:8; Isa 28:24; Isa 51:13; Isa 52:5 (both תָּמִיד כלהֿיום), Isa 65:2; Isa 65:5; Lam 1:13; Lam 3:3; Lam 3:14; Lam 3:62; Ps 25:5; Ps 32:3; Ps 35:28; Ps 37:26; Ps 38:7; Ps 38:13; Ps 42:4; Ps 42:11; Ps 44:9; Ps 44:16; Ps 44:23; Ps 52:3; Ps 56:2; Ps 56:3; Ps 56:6; Ps 71:8; Ps 71:15; Ps 71:24; Ps 72:15; Ps 73:14; Ps 74:22; Ps 86:3; Ps 88:18; Ps 89:17; Ps 102:9; Ps 119:97; Prov 21:26; Prov 23:17.
  g. additional phrase with בְּ = on a particular day: בַּיּוֺם הַחֲמִישִׁי Judg 19:18, so Gen 2:2 (twice in verse) + often; בְּכָליֿוֺם every day Ps 7:12; Ps 88:10; Ps 145:2 בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא of definite time in past Gen 15:18; Gen 33:16 + (see also 3 above); compare הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה (no preposition) Exod 13:3 (JE); בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא of time defined in subsequent context, 1Sam 3:2 at that time when Eli was laid down, i.e. at the particular time of the following incident (= at a certain time, on one particular day; compare Gen 39:11 Sub h; see DaSynt. § 21. e. R. 1, 2 and especially Dr 1Sam 1:4; 1Sam 19:3); בַּיּוֺם הַזֶּה Gen 7:11 +; בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה on this selfsame day Gen 7:13 (see עֶצֶם); בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא also of future 1Sam 3:12; Deut 31:17 (twice in verse); Deut 31:18 and very often in prophets, as formula in describing what is to come at time of future blessing, retribution, etc., Amos 8:3; Amos 8:9; Hos 2:18; Hos 2:20; Hos 2:23 etc., especially Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17; Isa 2:20; Isa 3:7; Isa 3:18; Isa 4:1; Isa 4:2 + often; plural בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם of past Gen 6:4 (J), Judg 18:1 (twice in verse); Judg 19:1; Judg 21:25; 1Sam 3:1 + often; of future Deut 17:9; Deut 19:17; Deut 26:3.
  h. with כַּיּוֺם ׃כְּ as or like the day Ps 139:12 כַּיּוֺם הַהוּא Josh 10:14 כְּיוֺם Hos 2:5 as at the day of; כְּיוֺם תָּמִים Josh 10:13 about a whole day; כַּיּוֺם literally at (about) to-day = now (see כְּ) 1Sam 9:27; 1Kgs 22:5 = 2Chr 18:4; Isa 58:4 so כְּהַיּוֺם 1Sam 9:13 + v1Sam 9:12 We Dr (for ᵑ0 כי היום), Neh 5:11 כַּיּוֺם = at once, first of all Gen 25:31; Gen 25:33; 1Sam 2:16; 1Kgs 1:51 often with adjective pronoun to point out agreement of result with promise or prediction, כַּיּוֺם הַזֶּה as it is this day Gen 50:20 (E), 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:13, and especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and subsequent writing: Deut 2:30; Deut 4:20; Deut 4:38; Deut 8:18; Deut 10:15; Deut 29:27; Jer 11:5; Jer 25:18 (gloss, omitted by ᵐ5, compare especially KueEinl. § 56. 1), Jer 32:20; Jer 44:6; Jer 44:23; 1Kgs 3:6; 1Kgs 8:24; 1Kgs 8:61; 1Chr 28:7; 2Chr 6:15; Dan 9:7; Dan 9:15 so כְּהַיּוֺם הַזֶּה Deut 6:24; Jer 44:22; Ezra 9:7; Ezra 9:15; Neh 9:10 in Gen 39:11 (J) this phrase = on this particular day (when the incident to be narrated occurred; compare ביום ההוא g above)
  i. with לְיוֺם ׃לְ on, at (literally with reference to) Hos 9:5 (twice in verse) what will ye do on the day of assembly, etc., Isa 10:3 לְיוֺם אֶחָד 1Kgs 5:2 bread for one day; הַמְּלָאכָה לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezra 10:13 distributive phrase נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֺם נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֺם Num 7:11 (P), Job 21:30 (twice in verse); compare לַיּוֺם Mal 1:17 לַיּום against, i.e. in expectation of Exod 19:11, so לְיוֺם קְרָב Job 38:23; Prov 21:31 לְיוֺם קוּמִי almost = until Zeph 3:8 לִפְנֵי יוֺם Isa 48:7 before to-day; late phrase are לְיָמִים מִיָּמִים 2Chr 21:19 = in the course of time; לְיָמִים רַבִּים Dan 8:26 at (the end of) many days; לַיּוֺם for every day, daily, Exod 29:36; Exod 29:38; Num 7:11 (twice in verse); Num 28:3; Num 28:34; 1Chr 26:17; Jer 37:21; Ezek 4:10; Ezek 43:25; Ezek 45:23 (twice in verse); Ezek 46:13 לַיּוֺם in exclamation ׳הָהּ לַיּ Ezek 20:2 alas for the day! ׳אֲהָהּ לַיּ Joel 1:15.
  j. with מִיּוֺם ׃מִן since the day (time) of (or when), Exod 10:6; Lev 23:15; Deut 9:24; 1Sam 7:2 etc.; מִיּוֺם הראשׁן Exod 12:15 from the first day (on omission of article see Dr§ 209 (1)); מִימֵי השׁפטים 2Kgs 23:22, etc.; מִיּוֺם = from to-day, from this day forth Isa 43:13; Ezek 48:35 מֵהַיּוֺם הַהוּא וָמָ֑עְלָה 1Sam 16:13; 1Sam 30:25 from that day forward; so וָהָ֑לְאָה ׳הַה ׳מֵהַיּ 1Sam 18:9 מִןהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה וָמָ֑עְלָה Hag 2:15; Hag 2:18 from this day onward (see Add. on p. 751:b); עַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה Gen 47:26 until now; מִיָּמִים רַבִּים after many days Josh 23:1; Ezek 38:8 מִיָּמִים after a time Judg 11:4; Judg 14:8; Judg 15:1 but usually ׳מִקֵּץ י, see קֵץ; מִיֹּמָ֑יִם Hos 6:2 after two days; — מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה see e (4) above
  k. with לְמִן (see לְ near the end): לְמִן הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר Deut 4:32; Deut 9:7; 2Sam 7:11; Jer 7:25; Jer 32:31; Hag 2:18 twice followed by infinitive in apposition Exod 9:18; 2Sam 19:25 (compare also 2Chr 8:16 see DrSm. & § 190, Obs.); קֶדֶם ׃לְמִימֵי ׳למ 2Kgs 19:25 since days of old = long ago, compare Mal 3:7 since the days of your fathers.
1. ׃עַד (ה)יום ׳עַד יוֺם הָאֶחָד וגו Exod 12:18 until the 21st day, Lev 19:6 +; עַדיֿוֺם מוֺתוֺ Judg 13:7; 1Sam 15:35; 2Sam 6:23 +, etc., see also (followed by infinitive) c above; עַדהַֿיּוֺם until to-day, denoting especially permanence of a name or situation, or of result of an event, Gen 19:37; Gen 19:38 (J), Gen 35:20 (E), 2Kgs 10:27; Ezek 20:31 ; more often עַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה until this day Gen 26:33 (J), Gen 32:33 (P or R), Gen 47:26 (J), Gen 48:15 (E), Exod 10:6; Num 22:30 (both J), Deut 2:22; Deut 3:14; Deut 10:8; Deut 11:4; Deut 29:3; Deut 34:6; Deut 5:9; Deut 6:25; Deut 7:26 (twice in verse); Josh 8:28; Josh 8:29; Josh 9:27; Josh 13:13; Josh 14:14; Josh 15:63; Josh 16:10 (all J E), Josh 22:3 (D), vJosh 22:17 (P), Josh 23:8; Josh 23:9 (D), Judg 1:21; Judg 1:26; Judg 6:24; Judg 10:4; Judg 15:19; Judg 18:12; Judg 19:30; 1Sam 5:5; 1Sam 6:18; 1Sam 8:8; 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 27:6; 1Sam 29:3; 1Sam 29:6; 1Sam 29:8; 1Sam 30:25; 2Sam 4:3; 2Sam 6:8 = 1Chr 13:11; 2Sam 7:6 = 1Chr 17:5; 2Sam 18:18 + often; עַדעֶֿצֶם הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה Josh 10:27 (JE), Ezek 2:3 (compare Lev 23:14 H); עַדֿ הַיּוֺם הַהוּא Judg 18:1; Neh 8:17. masculine once עַליֿוֺם טוֺב 1Sam 25:8 upon a good day, i.e. a day of social cheerfulness, feasting, rejoicing (with rare עַל temporal compare Dr; יוֺם טוֺב also Esth 8:17; Esth 9:19; Esth 9:22, see טוֺב adjective )

day, days, time, daily, ever, …
yôm
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)
  • day, time, year
    • day (as opposed to night)
      • "day (24 hour period)
      • as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
        • "as a division of time
        • a working day, a day's journey
      days, lifetime (pl.)"time, period (generally)"year"temporal references
      • today
        • "yesterday"tomorrow

חַגֵּֽ נוּ
חַגֵּֽ
Root word feast, feasts, sacrifice, days, sacrifices, …
נוּ
Suffix — pronoun our / us
Dictionary form: חַג · hahɡ

Noun — Common, masculine singular, construct state "___ of …" — bound to the next word

In the KJV here: on our solemn feast
the feast ×14 a feast ×6 and the feast ×5 in the feast ×5 and in the feast ×4 of the feast ×3 is the feast ×2 it a feast ×2
More options
festival — Best general term; fits both religious and celebratory contexts.
pilgrimage festival — Highlights the required journey to a central sanctuary.
sacred assembly — Emphasizes the communal, worship-focused gathering aspect.
appointed celebration — Stresses the scheduled, calendrical nature of the event.
religious feast — Useful when the meal or sacrificial banquet is in view.
holy day — Accessible, modern register; good for general audiences.

BDB2540 H2282

BDB2539 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB2541

חַג noun masculineIsa 29:1 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חַגָּא; Arabic pilgrimage; Sabean חג DHMEpigr. Denkm. 31; NöZMG 1887. 719; RSProph. Lect. ii. n. 6; > WeSkizzen iii. 106, 165 sacred dance) — חַג absolute and construct Exod 10:9 + 36 t.; חָ֑ג Num 28:17 + 13 t.; suffix חַגִּי Exod 23:18 חַגֶּ֑ךָ Deut 16:14 חַגָּהּ Hos 2:13 חַגֵּנוּ Ps 81:4 plural חַגִּים Isa 29:1 + 2 t.; suffix חַגַּיִךְ Nah 2:1 חַגֵּיכֶם Amos 5:21 + 2 t.; —

1. feast, especially one observed by a pilgrimage (Exod 23:14; Exod 23:17):
  a. special feast to the golden calf Exod 32:5 (J; where there was a sacred dance vExod 32:19); a feast in the 8th month observed by Jeroboam in place of the feast of the 7th month in Judah 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33 pilgrim feast proposed by Moses Exod 10:9 (JE); feast at Shiloh Judg 21:19. Elsewhere
  b. apparently always of the three great pilgrim feasts, celebrated by processions and dancing: (1) in general Isa 30:29; Amos 8:10; Nah 2:1 חגים ינקפו let feasts come round Isa 29:1 || עצרות Amos 5:21 ׳חַג לי Lev 23:41 (H); distinguished from the more general מועדים (sacred seasons) Ezek 45:17; Ezek 46:11; Hos 9:5 (יום חג), and from specific חדשׁים, שׁבתות as well, Hos 2:13 (2) in particular: unleavened cakes and Passover חג (ה)מצות Exod 23:15 = Exod 34:18 (JE); Lev 23:6 (P), Deut 16:16; 2Chr 8:13; 2Chr 30:13; 2Chr 30:21; 2Chr 35:17; Ezra 6:22 חג Exod 12:14 (P); first day of the seven Num 28:17 (P); the last day Exod 13:6 (J); the seven Ezek 45:21; Ezek 45:23 חג הפסח Exod 34:25, חגי Exod 23:18 (both J E); בַּכֶּסֶה לְיּוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Ps 81:4 (probably the full moon of Passover); חג הקציר Exod 23:16 = חג שׁבעת Exod 34:22 (JE), compare Deut 16:10; Deut 16:16; 2Chr 8:13 חג האס(י)ף Exod 23:16 = Exod 34:22 (JE) = חג הסכ(ו)ת Lev 23:34 (P), Deut 16:13; Deut 16:16; Deut 31:10; 2Chr 8:13; Ezra 3:4; Zech 14:16; Zech 14:18; Zech 14:19 also ׳חג י Lev 23:39 (H), הֶחָג 1Kgs 8:2; 1Kgs 8:65 = 2Chr 5:3; 2Chr 7:8; 2Chr 7:9; Ezra 4:5; Neh 8:14 הַגֶּךָ֑ (i.e. of people) Deut 16:14 7 days Num 29:12 (P), Neh 8:18. — Verbs with חג are: חגג Lev 23:39; Lev 23:41 (H), Exod 12:14; Num 29:12 (P), Nah 2:1; Zech 14:16; Zech 14:18; Zech 14:19 שׁמר Exod 23:15 = Exod 34:18 (JE); התקדשׁ Isa 30:29 but usually עשׂה Exod 34:22 (JE), Deut 16:10; Deut 16:13; 1Kgs 8:65; 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33; 2Chr 7:8; 2Chr 7:9; 2Chr 30:13; 2Chr 30:21; 2Chr 35:17; Ezra 3:4; Ezra 6:22; Neh 8:18.
2. festival sacrifice (compare Late Hebrew חֲגִיגָה) Ps 118:27 (see מזבח 12); Mal 2:3 (RV after Thes Ke and others: but AV Ew Or feast).

feast, feasts, sacrifice, days, sacrifices, …
ḥag
a festival, or a victim therefor
  • festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feast
    • feast
      • "festival sacrifice

This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.
תִּקְע֣וּ בַחֹ֣דֶשׁ שׁוֹפָ֑ר Atnach — the verse's main pause — take a breath here בַּ֝כֵּ֗סֶה Revia Mugrash — a lesser break לְי֣וֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ Silluq — end of the verse

תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ׃
3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:4

הִנֵּה אֲנִי בֽוֹנֶה-בַּיִת לְשֵׁם׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי לְהַקְדִּישׁ לוֹ לְהַקְטִיר לְפָנָיו קְטֹֽרֶת-סַמִּים וּמַֽעֲרֶכֶת תָּמִיד וְעֹלוֹת לַבֹּקֶר וְלָעֶרֶב לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת וְלֶחֳדָשִׁים וּֽלְמוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְעוֹלָם זֹאת עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

Numbers 15:3

וַֽעֲשִׂיתֶם אִשֶּׁה לַֽיהוָה עֹלָה אוֹ-זֶבַח לְפַלֵּא-נֶדֶר אוֹ בִנְדָבָה אוֹ בְּמֹֽעֲדֵיכֶם לַֽעֲשׂוֹת רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַֽיהוָה מִן-הַבָּקָר אוֹ מִן-הַצֹּֽאן׃
3
And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:

Numbers 10:1

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Leviticus 23:24

דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם שַׁבָּתוֹן זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה מִקְרָא-קֹֽדֶשׁ׃
24
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

2 Kings 4:23

וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ ‫(אתי)‬ אַתְּ ‫(הלכתי)‬ הֹלֶכֶת אֵלָיו הַיּוֹם לֹא-חֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא שַׁבָּת וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלֽוֹם׃
23
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

1 Chronicles 16:42

וְעִמָּהֶם הֵימָן וִֽידוּתוּן חֲצֹֽצְרוֹת וּמְצִלְתַּיִם לְמַשְׁמִיעִים וּכְלֵי שִׁיר הָֽאֱלֹהִים וּבְנֵי יְדוּתוּן לַשָּֽׁעַר׃
42
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

1 Chronicles 15:24

וּשְׁבַנְיָהוּ וְיֽוֹשָׁפָט וּנְתַנְאֵל וַֽעֲמָשַׂי וּזְכַרְיָהוּ וּבְנָיָהוּ וֶֽאֱלִיעֶזֶר הַכֹּהֲנִים ‫(מחצצרים)‬ מַחְצְרִים בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים וְעֹבֵד אֱדֹם וִֽיחִיָּה שֹֽׁעֲרִים לָֽאָרֽוֹן׃
24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

Deuteronomy 16:15

שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תָּחֹג לַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר-יִבְחַר יְהוָה כִּי יְבָֽרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל תְּבוּאָֽתְךָ וּבְכֹל מַֽעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ וְהָיִיתָ אַךְ שָׂמֵֽחַ׃
15
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

2 Chronicles 13:12

וְהִנֵּה עִמָּנוּ בָרֹאשׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים׀ וְכֹֽהֲנָיו וַחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת הַתְּרוּעָה לְהָרִיעַ עֲלֵיכֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אַל-תִּלָּחֲמוּ עִם-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי-אֲבֹתֵיכֶם כִּי-לֹא תַצְלִֽיחוּ׃
12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

2 Chronicles 13:14

וַיִּפְנוּ יְהוּדָה וְהִנֵּה לָהֶם הַמִּלְחָמָה פָּנִים וְאָחוֹר וַֽיִּצְעֲקוּ לַֽיהוָה וְהַכֹּהֲנִים ‫(מחצצרים)‬ מַחְצְרִים בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֽוֹת׃
14
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

2 Chronicles 5:12

וְהַלְוִיִּם הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים לְכֻלָּם לְאָסָף לְהֵימָן לִֽידֻתוּן וְלִבְנֵיהֶם וְלַֽאֲחֵיהֶם מְלֻבָּשִׁים בּוּץ בִּמְצִלְתַּיִם וּבִנְבָלִים וְכִנֹּרוֹת עֹֽמְדִים מִזְרָח לַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְעִמָּהֶם כֹּֽהֲנִים לְמֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים ‫(מחצררים)‬ מַחְצְרִים בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֽוֹת׃
12
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

Numbers 28:11

וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם תַּקְרִיבוּ עֹלָה לַֽיהוָה פָּרִים בְּנֵֽי-בָקָר שְׁנַיִם וְאַיִל אֶחָד כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵֽי-שָׁנָה שִׁבְעָה תְּמִימִֽם׃
11
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

1 Chronicles 16:6

וּבְנָיָהוּ וְיַֽחֲזִיאֵל הַכֹּֽהֲנִים בַּחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת תָּמִיד לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית-הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃
6
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Nahum 1:15

הִנֵּה עַל-הֶהָרִים רַגְלֵי מְבַשֵּׂר מַשְׁמִיעַ שָׁלוֹם חָגִּי יְהוּדָה חַגַּיִךְ שַׁלְּמִי נְדָרָיִךְ כִּי לֹא יוֹסִיף עוֹד ‫(לעבור)‬ לַֽעֲבָר-בָּךְ בְּלִיַּעַל כֻּלֹּה נִכְרָֽת׃
15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Psalms 98:6

בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר הָרִיעוּ לִפְנֵי׀ הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוָֽה׃
6
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

Colossians 2:16

Μὴ οὖν τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἐν βρώσει ἢ ἐν πόσει ἢ ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς ἢ νουμηνίας ἢ σαββάτων·
16
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Lamentations 2:6

וַיַּחְמֹס כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֹ שִׁחֵת מוֹעֲדוֹ שִׁכַּח יְהוָה׀ בְּצִיּוֹן מוֹעֵד וְשַׁבָּת וַיִּנְאַץ בְּזַֽעַם-אַפּוֹ מֶלֶךְ וְכֹהֵֽן׃
6
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

2 Chronicles 8:13

וּבִדְבַר-יוֹם בְּיוֹם לְהַֽעֲלוֹת כְּמִצְוַת מֹשֶׁה לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת וְלֶחֳדָשִׁים וְלַמּוֹעֲדוֹת שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה בְּחַג הַמַּצּוֹת וּבְחַג הַשָּֽׁבֻעוֹת וּבְחַג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃
13
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
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