Strong's Lexicon

H3119

H3119 — יוֹמָם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyowmamadverbOccurrences: 51TWOT: 852a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3119
Word:יוֹמָם
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:from H3117
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:51
Transliteration:yowmam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yo-mawm'
Meaning:1. daily
KJV Renderings:daily, (by, in the) day(-time).

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יוֺמָם51 substantive and adverb daytime, by day (compare Aramaic יְמָמָא [untranscribed source text 2198] day (as opposed to night); ᵑ7 יֵמָם by day; perhaps Phoenician ימם (in dates, before number), CISI. i. 10. 1 (see note); so NöZDMG 1886, 721: on םָ֯ see below חִנָּם) —

1. substantive daytime (rare) Jer 15:9 בעוד יומם while it is yet daytime, Jer 33:20 b לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֺת יומם ולילה daytime and night, Jer 33:25 ולילה ׳ בְּרִיתִי י (? read יוֺם as Jer 33:20 a); Ezek 30:16 צָרֵי יוֺמָם foes of daytime, i.e. coming by day (compare Jer 15:8 but text apparently defective, see ᵐ5 Sm); once (late) בְּיוֺמָם (compare ᵑ7 בְּיֵמָם 1Sam 25:16; Job 5:14), Neh 9:19 (varied from Exod 13:21 ; Deut 1:33 יומם). — Num 9:21 the sense required is (during) a day and a night; read probably יוֺם
2. adverb in the daytime, by day, Num 10:34; Job 24:16 (but see חִתֵּם), Isa 4:6; Ezek 12:3; Ezek 12:4; Ezek 12:7 mostly with לַיְלָה , and then often in poetry = continually: so יוֺמָם וָלַיְלָה Exod 13:21; Josh 1:8; 1Kgs 8:59; Ps 1:2; Ps 32:4 +, לַיְלָה וְיוֺמָם Deut 28:66; Isa 34:10; Jer 14:17, in parallel clauses (especially in poetry) 2Sam 21:10; Isa 21:8; Jer 31:35; Ps 22:3; Ps 42:9; Ps 91:5; Ps 121:6 +. Ps 13:3 by day yields a lame sense: either add וָלַיְלָה ( ᵐ5 Del Gr Ch), or read (יוֺם יוֺם) יֹם יֹם LagNov.Psalt.Gr.Ed.Spec.13 Now.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יומם (yoh-mahm’)

Leviticus 8:85

EHCC: day and night seven days,

Numbers 9:21

KJV: And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.abode: Heb. was
EHCC: whether (it was) by day or by night

Numbers 10:34

KJV: And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
EHCC: the cloud. (was) upon them by day,

Numbers 14:14

KJV: And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
EHCC: by day time in ם pillar of a cloud,

Numbers 98:66

EHCC: ens shalt fear and night, (lit. night

Joshua 1:8

KJV: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.have…: or, do wisely
EHCC: shalt ractieate therein day and night,

Judges 6:27

KJV: Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
EHCC: he could not do (it) by day,

2 Samuel 21:10

KJV: And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
EHCC: birds of the air to rest on them by day,

2 Samuel 4:9

KJV: And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
EHCC: (3).set a watch against them doy and

2 Samuel 9:12

KJV: And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
EHCC: them in the day by a cloudy pillar ;

2 Samuel 24:16

KJV: And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.Araunah: also called, Ornan
EHCC: marked for themselves in the daytime ;

2 Samuel 18:2

KJV: And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
EHCC: (3).(having) sorrow in m: daily

2 Samuel 82:4

EHCC: day and night thy hand was heavy

2 Samuel 42:3

EHCC: (4). My tears have been my meat day and

2 Samuel 78:14

EHCC: In ne daytime also he led them with a

2 Samuel 91:5

EHCC: for the arrow (that) flieth by day ;

2 Samuel 121:6

EHCC: The sun shall not smite thee by day,

2 Samuel 6:0

EHCC: shadow in the daytime from the heat,

2 Samuel 21:8

KJV: But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:Michal: or, Michal’s sisterbrought…: Heb. bear to Adriel
EHCC: upon the watchtower in the daytime,

2 Samuel 34:10

EHCC: It shall not be quenched night nor day ;

2 Samuel 60:11

EHCC: they shall not be shut day nor night;

2 Samuel 14:17

KJV: Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.comfortable: Heb. for restto discern: Heb. to hear
EHCC: Let mine eyes run down with tears night

Jeremiah 15:9

KJV: She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
EHCC: her sun is gone down while (it was) yet .

Jeremiah 16:13

KJV: Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
EHCC: there shall ye serve other gods day and

Jeremiah 81:35

EHCC: which giveth the sun for a light by day,

Jeremiah 33:20

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
EHCC: that there should not סם duy and night

Lamentations 2:18

KJV: Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
EHCC: let tears run down like a river day and

Ezekiel 12:3

KJV: Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.stuff: or, instruments
EHCC: remove by day in their sight ;

Ezekiel 7:1

KJV: Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
EHCC: brought forth my stuff by day,

Ezekiel 30:16

KJV: And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
EHCC: Noph Geball have) distreases daily.
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