יוֹם (H3117) — Hebrew Lexicon

יוֹם

𐤉𐤅𐤌

yôwm

H3117 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

A unit of time primarily referencing a day, understood either as the daylight period (from sunrise to sunset) or as a full 24-hour cycle, but also extending to mean an undefined span or occasion (e.g., 'in the day of trouble'), a lifetime, or a specific era. The word can function adverbially to mean 'today,' 'regularly,' or 'when.'

Semantic Range

daylight period; full 24-hour day; specific occasion, event, or era; lifetime; routine or habitual action; era/epoch; time of calamity or blessing; 'today;' perpetuity

Root / Etymology

The term יוֹם (yôm) is traditionally linked to a root meaning 'to be hot,' possibly relating to the heat of daylight hours. However, no such root is attested elsewhere in Hebrew, making the etymology uncertain in strict linguistic terms.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In biblical usage, יוֹם refers to a conventional day, but also serves as a general marker for periods (from hours to epochs). In narrative and legal texts, it can mean a specific calendar day or the period of daylight. Poetic and prophetic literature use it flexibly to indicate significant events or eras (the phrase 'the day of YHWH' exemplifies this sense as a decisive time of divine action). During Israelite and Judahite periods, days were generally reckoned from evening to evening as indicated by creation narratives (Genesis 1:5). The term expands to mean a 'lifetime' or an 'age' (e.g., 'all the days of his life'), and can, depending on context, refer to the regularity or permanence of an action ('continually,' 'daily'). English translations sometimes obscure these nuances, especially in idioms or figurative uses (such as perpetuity, occasion, or significant moment). Related terms such as עֵת (ʿēt, 'season, time') overlap but יוֹם more often marks a fixed calendrical or significant period rather than generalized 'time.' In postbiblical usage, יוֹם continues as standard for 'day' in Hebrew.

Translation Consistency

primary "day" 50 occurrences

'Day' is the simplest, most natural English noun covering the full range of יוֹם: daylight period, 24‑hour cycle, specific occasion or era, lifetime, and routine/time expressions. It is by far the most frequent rendering (1192 of the P2 occurrences) and can form idiomatic phrases (e.g. 'day of', 'in the day', 'days', 'today') to handle the adverbial and figurative uses while keeping a single, consistent base word.

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Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

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.

Bantu Hebrew

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Root Family

יום (Yom) — to be hot (uncertain), to be bright (possible), day

Root יום to be hot (uncertain), to be bright (possible), day

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H3118	יוֹם	in day of
H3119	יוֹמָם	in the daytime
H3222	יֵם	the mules
H3224	יְמִימָה	Daylight

Word Forms

87 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`H3117-14`	הַ/יּ֣וֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the day	the day	the day	458
`H3117-02`	בַּ/יּ֥וֹם	bayom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	on the day	in the day	in the day	295
`H3117-76`	יָמִ֣ים	yamim	`HNcmpa`	days	days	days	270
`H3117-83`	י֣וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day	239
`H3117-07`	בְּ/י֥וֹם	beyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	on the day	in the day of	in the day of	197
`H3117-12`	הַ/יָּמִ֛ים	hayamim	`HTd/Ncmpa`	the days	the days	the days	136
`H3117-78`	יְמֵֽי	yemey	`HNcmpc`	days	days of	days of	130
`H3117-09`	בִּ/ימֵ֣י	bimey	`HR/Ncmpc`	in the days of	in the days of	in the days of	53
`H3117-01`	בַּ/יָּמִ֑ים	bayamim	`HRd/Ncmpa`	in the days	in the days	in the days	47
`H3117-50`	וּ/בַ/יּ֨וֹם	uvayom	`HC/Rd/Ncmsa`	and on the day	and in the day	and in the day	35
`H3117-57`	וָ/י֔וֹם	vayom	`HC/Ncmsa`	on the day	in the day	in the day	32
`H3117-17`	כַּ/יּ֥וֹם	kayom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	as the day	as a day	as a day	26
`H3117-33`	לְ/י֣וֹם	leyom	`HR/Ncmsa`	for the day	for a day	for a day	26
`H3117-37`	מִ/יּֽוֹם	miom	`HR/Ncmsa`	from day	from day	from day	25
`H3117-53`	וּ/בְ/י֨וֹם	uveyom	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	And on the day	and in day-of	and in day-of	21
`H3117-29`	לַ/יּוֹם֙	layom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	for the day	to the day	to the day	20
`H3117-72`	יָמָֽי/ו	yamayv	`HNcmpc/Sp3ms`	his days	his days	his days	19
`H3117-74`	יָמֶ֨י/ךָ֙	yameykha	`HNcmpc/Sp2ms`	your days	your days	your days	18
`H3117-26`	כִּ/ימֵ֥י	kimey	`HR/Ncmpc`	like the days of	days of	as the days of	17
`H3117-36`	מִ/ימֵ֞י	mimey	`HR/Ncmpc`	from days	from days of	from days of	17
`H3117-08`	בְּ/יוֹמֽ/וֹ	beyomo	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	in its day	in his day	in his day	15
`H3117-65`	וְ/י֖וֹם	veyom	`HC/Ncmsa`	and day	day	and day	14
`H3117-70`	יָמָ֑/י	yamay	`HNcmpc/Sp1cs`	my days	my days	my days	14
`H3117-04`	בְּ/יָמָֽי/ו	beyamayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	in his days	in his days	in his days	11
`H3117-32`	לְ/יָמִ֣ים	leyamim	`HR/Ncmpa`	in days	to days	for days	11
`H3117-41`	מִ/יָּמִ֣ים	miyamim	`HR/Ncmpa`	from days	from days	from days	11
`H3117-54`	וּ/בִ/ימֵ֣י	uvimey	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in the days of	and in days of	and in the days of	10
`H3117-20`	כְּ/י֣וֹם	keyom	`HR/Ncmsa`	as day	like a day	like a day	9
`H3117-58`	וְ/הַ/יָּמִ֗ים	vehayamim	`HC/Td/Ncmpa`	And the days	and the days	and the days	9
`H3117-75`	יָמֵ֛י/נוּ	yameynu	`HNcmpc/Sp1cp`	our days	our days	our days	8
`H3117-87`	יוֹמ֤/וֹ	yomo	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	his day	his day	his day	8
`H3117-18`	כְּ/הַ/יּ֥וֹם	kehayom	`HR/Td/Ncmsa`	as-the-day	as the day	as the day	7
`H3117-59`	וְ/הַ/יּ֞וֹם	vehayom	`HC/Td/Ncmsa`	and-the-day	and the day	and the day	6
`H3117-79`	יְמֵי/הֶֽם	yemeyhem	`HNcmpc/Sp3mp`	their days	their days	their days	6
`H3117-22`	כַ/יּוֹם֙	khayom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	today	as the day	as the day	5
`H3117-28`	לַ/יָּמִים֙	layamim	`HRd/Ncmpa`	in the days	to the days	for the days	5
`H3117-77`	יָמִ֔ימָ/ה	yamimah	`HNcmpa/Sd`	yearly	day by day	day by day	5
`H3117-85`	יוֹמָ֑יִם	yomayim	`HNcmda`	two days	two days	two days	4
`H3117-16`	כַּ/יָּמִ֖ים	kayamim	`HRd/Ncmpa`	according to the days	as days	as the days	3
`H3117-31`	לְ֠/מִ/יּוֹם	lemiom	`HR/R/Ncmsc`	from day	from day	from the day	3
`H3117-35`	מֵ/הַ/יּ֥וֹם	mehayom	`HR/Td/Ncmsa`	from the day	from the day	from the day	3
`H3117-67`	וִ/ימֵ֣י	vimey	`HC/Ncmpc`	and-days	days of	and the days of	3
`H3117-80`	יְמֵי/כֶם֙	yemeykhem	`HNcmpc/Sp2mp`	your days	your days	your days	3
`H3117-10`	בִּֽ/ימֵי/כֶ֔ם	bimeykhem	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mp`	in your days	in your days	in your days	2
`H3117-30`	לְ/מִ֥/ימֵי	lemimey	`HR/R/Ncmpc`	from days of	days of	from days of	2
`H3117-56`	בַ/יָּמִ֨ים	vayamim	`HRd/Ncmpa`	in days	in days	in days	2
`H3117-61`	בְ/יָמָֽ/י	veyamay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	in my days	my days	in my days	2
`H3117-62`	בְ/יָמָי/ו֙	veyamayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	in his days	in his days	in his days	2
`H3117-84`	יוֹמָ֔/ם	yomam	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	day	in the daytime	their day	2
`H3117-03`	בְּ/יָמָֽ/י	beyamay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	in my days	in my days	in my days	1
`H3117-05`	בְּ/יָמֶ֨י/ךָ֙	beyameykha	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	in your days	in your days	in your days	1
`H3117-06`	בְּ/יָמִ֣ים	beyamim	`HR/Ncmpa`	in-days	in days	in days	1
`H3117-11`	הֲ/כִ/ימֵ֣י	hakhimey	`HTi/R/Ncmpc`	like the days of	days of	like the days of	1
`H3117-13`	הַ/יָּמִֽין	hayamin	`HTd/Ncmpa`	of the days	the right side	of the days	1
`H3117-15`	הְֽ֭/מִ/יָּמֶי/ךָ	hemiyameykha	`HTi/R/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	since your days	your days	since your days	1
`H3117-19`	כְּ/יָמִ֣ים	keyamim	`HR/Ncmpa`	like days	like days	like days	1
`H3117-21`	כַ/יָּמִ֤ים	khayamim	`HRd/Ncmpa`	as the days	as days	as the days	1
`H3117-23`	כְ/הַ/יּ֖וֹם	khehayom	`HR/Td/Ncmsa`	about this time	like the day	about this time	1
`H3117-24`	כְ/י֨וֹם	kheyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	as-day	as day	as on a day	1
`H3117-25`	כִ/ימֵ֤י	khimey	`HR/Ncmpc`	like-days-of	like days of	like the days of	1
`H3117-27`	כִּ/ימ֣וֹת	kimot	`HR/Ncmpc`	according to the days	like days of	like the days of	1
`H3117-34`	לִ/ימֵ֥י	limey	`HR/Ncmpc`	to the days	for days of	to the days of	1
`H3117-38`	מִ/יָּמָֽ/י	miyamay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	as long as I live	from my days	as long as I live	1
`H3117-39`	מִ/יָּמָי/ו֙	miyamayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	from-his-days	from his days	from his days	1
`H3117-40`	מִ/יָּמֶֽי/ךָ	miyameykha	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	all your days	from your days	all your days	1
`H3117-42`	מִ/יֹּמָ֑יִם	miyomayim	`HR/Ncmda`	after two days	from two days	from two days	1
`H3117-43`	שֶׁ֤/הַ/יָּמִים֙	shehayamim	`HTr/Td/Ncmpa`		days	the days	1
`H3117-44`	וּ/כְ/יָמֶ֖י/ךָ	ukheyameykha	`HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	as your days	and as your days	and as your days	1
`H3117-45`	וּ/לְ/מִ/יָּמִ֗ים	ulemiyamim	`HC/R/R/Ncmpa`	and-from-days	and from days	and from days	1
`H3117-46`	וּ/לְ/יָמִ֖ים	uleyamim	`HC/R/Ncmpa`	for days	days	and for days	1
`H3117-47`	וּ/לְ/י֖וֹם	uleyom	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and on the day	and for a day of	and for the day of	1
`H3117-48`	וּ/מִ/יּ֤וֹם	umiom	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from day	and from day-of	and from day	1
`H3117-49`	וּ/בַ/יָּמִ֣ים	uvayamim	`HC/Rd/Ncmpa`	and in the days	and in the days	and in the days	1
`H3117-51`	וּ/בְ/יָמַ֥/י	uveyamay	`HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	in my days	and in my days	and in my days	1
`H3117-52`	וּ/בְ/יָמִ֤ים	uveyamim	`HC/R/Ncmpa`	within	and in days	and in days	1
`H3117-55`	וּ/בִֽ/ימֵי/כֶ֑ם	uvimeykhem	`HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2mp`	and in your days	and in your days	and in your days	1
`H3117-60`	וְ/כִ/ימֵ֖י	vekhimey	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and like days of	and like days of	and like days of	1
`H3117-63`	וְ/יָמֶ֖י/הָ	veyameyha	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs`	and-days-her	and her days	and her days	1
`H3117-64`	וְ/יָמִ֥ים	veyamim	`HC/Ncmpa`	and-days	and days	and days	1
`H3117-66`	וִּ/כְ/י֖וֹם	vikheyom	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and-as-day	and as day-of	and as day-of	1
`H3117-68`	בִֽ֝/ימֵי/הֶ֗ם	vimeyhem	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp`	in their days	in their days	in their days	1
`H3117-69`	בִֽ/ימֵי/כֶ֞ם	vimeykhem	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mp`	in your days	your days	in your days	1
`H3117-71`	יָמַ֔יִ/ךְ	yamayikhe	`HNcmpc/Sp2fs`	your days	your days	your days	1
`H3117-73`	יָמֶ֖י/הָ	yameyha	`HNcmpc/Sp3fs`	her days	her days	her days	1
`H3117-81`	יְמ֣וֹת	yemot	`HNcmpc`	the days	days of	days of	1
`H3117-82`	ימ/ו	ymv	`HNcmpc/Sp3ms`	his days	his days	his days	1
`H3117-86`	יוֹמְ/ךָ֖	yomekha	`HNcmsc/Sp2ms`	your day	your day	your day	1

Occurrences in Scripture

2304 occurrences

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SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:5	י֔וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:5	י֥וֹם	yom-2	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:8	י֥וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:13	י֥וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-14`	Genesis 1:14	הַ/יּ֖וֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the day	the day	the day
`H3117-46`	Genesis 1:14	וּ/לְ/יָמִ֖ים	uleyamim	`HC/R/Ncmpa`	for days	days	and for days
`H3117-14`	Genesis 1:16	הַ/יּ֔וֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the day	the day	the day
`H3117-02`	Genesis 1:18	בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	bayom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	over the day	in the day	over the day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:19	י֥וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:23	י֥וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 1:31	י֥וֹם	yom	`HNcmsc`	day	day	day
`H3117-02`	Genesis 2:2	בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	bayom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	on the day	in the day	in the day
`H3117-02`	Genesis 2:2	בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	bayom-2	`HRd/Ncmsa`	on the day	in the day	in the day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 2:3	י֣וֹם	yom	`HNcmsc`	day	day	day
`H3117-07`	Genesis 2:4	בְּ/י֗וֹם	beyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the day	in the day of	in the day of
`H3117-07`	Genesis 2:17	בְּ/י֛וֹם	beyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the day	in the day of	in the day
`H3117-07`	Genesis 3:5	בְּ/יוֹם֙	beyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the day	in the day of	in the day
`H3117-14`	Genesis 3:8	הַ/יּ֑וֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	of the day	the day	of the day
`H3117-78`	Genesis 3:14	יְמֵ֥י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	days	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 3:17	יְמֵ֥י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days	days of	days of
`H3117-76`	Genesis 4:3	יָמִ֑ים	yamim	`HNcmpa`	days	days	days
`H3117-14`	Genesis 4:14	הַ/יּ֗וֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	today	the day	the day
`H3117-07`	Genesis 5:1	בְּ/י֗וֹם	beyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	In the day	in the day of	in the day of
`H3117-07`	Genesis 5:2	בְּ/י֖וֹם	beyom	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the day	in the day of	in the day of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:4	יְמֵי	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:5	יְמֵ֤י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	days	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:8	יְמֵי	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:11	יְמֵ֣י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days of	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:14	יְמֵ֣י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:17	יְמֵ֣י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	days of	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:20	יְמֵי	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days of	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:23	יְמֵ֣י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days of	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:27	יְמֵ֣י	yemey	`HNcmpc`	days	days of	days of
`H3117-78`	Genesis 5:31	יְמֵי	yemey	`HNcmpc`	the days of	days of	days of
`H3117-72`	Genesis 6:3	יָמָ֔י/ו	yamayv	`HNcmpc/Sp3ms`	his days	his days	his days
`H3117-01`	Genesis 6:4	בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים	bayamim	`HRd/Ncmpa`	in those days	in the days	in the days
`H3117-14`	Genesis 6:5	הַ/יּֽוֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the time	the day	the day
`H3117-32`	Genesis 7:4	לְ/יָמִ֨ים	leyamim	`HR/Ncmpa`	in days	to days	for days
`H3117-83`	Genesis 7:4	י֔וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	days	day	days
`H3117-12`	Genesis 7:10	הַ/יָּמִ֑ים	hayamim	`HTd/Ncmpa`	days	the days	the days
`H3117-83`	Genesis 7:11	י֖וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-02`	Genesis 7:11	בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	bayom	`HRd/Ncmsa`	on the day	in the day	in the day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 7:12	י֔וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	days	day	days
`H3117-14`	Genesis 7:13	הַ/יּ֤וֹם	hayom	`HTd/Ncmsa`	day	the day	the day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 7:17	י֖וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	days	day	days
`H3117-83`	Genesis 7:24	יֽוֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	days	day	days
`H3117-83`	Genesis 8:3	יֽוֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	days	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 8:4	י֖וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	day	day	day
`H3117-83`	Genesis 8:6	י֑וֹם	yom	`HNcmsa`	days	day	days
`H3117-76`	Genesis 8:10	יָמִ֖ים	yamim	`HNcmpa`	days	days	days

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