Yerach יֶ֫רַח
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| יֶ֫רַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yerach |
| Strong's number | H3391 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | month |
| Occurrences | 12 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (4) |
Yerach (Hebrew יֶ֫רַח, Strong's H3391) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “month”. It occurs 12 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) month (lunar cycle), moon
1a) month
1b) calendar month
Aramaic equivalent: ye.rach (יְרַח "month" H3393)
1a) month
1b) calendar month
Aramaic equivalent: ye.rach (יְרַח "month" H3393)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | month (6), months (5), moon (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | months (5), month (3), full month (1), seasons (1), one full month (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yerach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 2:2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 21:13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
- Deuteronomy 33:14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
- 1 Kings 6:38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
- 1 Kings 8:2And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 15:13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
Job
- Job 3:6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
- Job 7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- Job 29:2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
- Job 39:2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Zechariah
- Zechariah 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).