BDB3735
I. יֶ֫רַח noun masculine Zech 11:8 month (Aramaic יַרְחָא, [untranscribed source text 2303] new moon, month; Palmyrene ירח VogNo. 1; Assyrian ar— u COTGlossary Muss-ArnJBL xi. 1892, 73, 163; compare Phoenician Ethiopic below יָרֵחַ; Sabean ורחֿ month, DHMZMG 1876, 603; 1883, 369 HalJAS vii, 1, 516) — absolute יֶ֫רַח 1Kgs 6:37 + 3 t.; construct id. Deut 21:13; 2Kgs 15:13 plural יְרָחִים Exod 2:2 + 3 t.; construct יַרְחֵי Job 7:3; Job 29:2 —
1.
month, as measure of time, during, or in which Exod 2:2 (
E
), Zech
11:8; Job
39:2
יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא
Job 7:3
יַרְחֵי קֶדֶם
Job 29:2
pleonastic יֶרַח יָמִים
a month (of) days = a month of
time
Deut 21:13;
2Kgs 15:13
.
2.
calendar month, with name יֶרַח זִו
1Kgs 6:37
(2nd mo., compare 1Kgs
6:1); יֶרַח בּוּל 1Kgs 6:38 (8th mo.); יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים
1Kgs 8:2 (7th
mo.); compare בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים
אַליָֿבאֹ
Job 3:6
גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָתִים
Deut 33:4
produce of months, i.e. of various seasons of year. — compare synonym חֹדֶשׁ
.