יְמֵ֣י

𐤉𐤌𐤉

yemey

days

from an unused root meaning to be hot; 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); 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.

H3117

Proverbs 31:12 · Word #6

Lexicon H3117

Lemmaיוֹם
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤅𐤌
Transliterationyôwm
Strong'sH3117
In-contextdays

Morphology HNcmpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H3117-77

days

Rootיום (y-w-m)
Core Meaningsheat, warmth, day, daylight, time period, age, era
Semantic RangeThe word yom carries multiple semantic layers: (1) literal day as the warm daylight hours from sunrise to sunset; (2) a full 24-hour period from evening to morning; (3) an indefinite time period or era; (4) a specific occasion or event marked by divine action; (5) figurative uses including 'age,' 'lifetime,' 'season,' or 'time' in general. Context determines whether the reference is to a single solar day, a longer temporal span, or an eschatological moment.
Conceptual SignificanceYom is theologically significant throughout Scripture as the unit by which God structures creation (Genesis 1), marks covenantal moments (Genesis 15:18), and defines eschatological judgment (Zephaniah 1:14-18). The construct plural form יְמֵי frequently introduces phrases describing human lifespans, historical periods, or divine epochs, emphasizing how time itself is ordered within God's sovereign plan. The word's root connection to heat and light associates temporal existence with divine illumination and activity.
Morphological NotesHNcmpc: Hebrew Noun, masculine, plural, construct state. The construct form יְמֵי appears 130 times in the biblical text and regularly introduces temporal phrases (e.g., 'days of his life,' 'days of old'). The construct state indicates this noun grammatically depends on a following genitive noun.
Rendering RationaleThe morphology HNcmpc indicates a masculine plural construct noun. The form יְמֵי (yemey) is the construct plural of יוֹם (yom), meaning 'days of' or 'days.' This rendering preserves both the root's temporal meaning (derived from the concept of heat/warmth of daylight hours) and the grammatical structure as a masculine plural construct that typically precedes a genitive noun to form temporal phrases.

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

Words from Root יום (heat, warmth, day, daylight, time period, age, era)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
bayamim in the days
H3117-02 bayom on the day
H3117-03 beyamay in my days
H3117-04 beyamayv in his days
H3117-05 beyameykha in your (m.s.) days
H3117-09 bimey in the days of
H3117-10 bimeykhem in your days
H3117-11 hakhimey days-of
H3117-12 hayamim the days
H3117-13 hayom the hot-day
H3117-14 hemiyameykha your days
H3117-15 kayamim according to the days
H3117-16 kayom the day one
H3117-18 keyamim like **days**
H3117-20 khayamim as the hot-days
H3117-21 khayom the day
H3117-22 khehayom the this-day
H3117-24 khimey like the days of
H3117-25 kimey days-of
H3117-26 kimot according to the days
H3117-28 layom for the day
H3117-29 lemimey of days of
mimey from days-of
H3117-38 miyamayv of-his-days
H3117-40 miyamim from days
miyamim from days
H3117-41 miyomayim from two-days
H3117-42 shehayamim the hot days
H3117-43 ukheyameykha as your days
H3117-44 ulemiyamim and-from-days
H3117-46 uleyom and to-the-day
H3117-48 uvayamim and in the days
H3117-49 uvayom and in the day
H3117-50 uveyamay and in my days
H3117-52 uveyom and in the day
H3118-01 uveyomey and in days of
H3117-53 uvimey and in the days of
H3117-54 uvimeykhem and in your**mp** hot-days
H3117-56 vayom the hot day
H3117-57 vehayamim and the days
H3117-59 vekhimey and like the days of
H3117-61 veyamayv in his days
H3117-62 veyameyha and-her-days
H3117-63 veyamim and-days
veyoma in the day
H3119-01 veyomam and by day
H3117-66 vimey and-days-of
H3117-67 vimeyhem in their hot-days
H3117-68 vimeykhem in your (men) hot-days
H3117-69 yamay my days
H3117-70 yamayikhe your days
H3117-76 yamimah warm-days
H3117-79 yemeykhem your days
H3224-01 yemimah Day-Warmth (feminine proper name)
H3119-02 yomam by day-time
yomam by day-time
H3118-02 yomat days-of
H3118-03 yomaya days
H3118-04 yomin days

Word Usage (2304 occurrences of H3117)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:5 י֔וֹם yom day
Genesis 1:5 י֥וֹם yom-2 day
Genesis 1:8 י֥וֹם yom day
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