יוֹם
yôwm · yome
a day
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3117 (יוֹם);
a day
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: day (by day), time.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- days3 · 19%
- of days3 · 19%
- time2 · 13%
- and in the days2 · 13%
- a day2 · 13%
- them day1 · 6%
- by day1 · 6%
- day1 · 6%
- of the days1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.