〈ME〉 ūmu ‘day’
〈—〉 hrw ‘day’
יֹום
yôm
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-11-25| Primary meaning | day |
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| Literal translation | day |
| Variants | יֹום yôm |
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day time interval, part of day
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ {פ}
wayyiqrāʾ ʾĕlōhîm lāʾôr yôm wəlaḥōšek̲ qārāʾ lāyəlāh wayhî-ʿereb̲ wayhî-b̲ōqer yôm ʾeḥād̲.
‘God called the light Day and called the darkness Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.’
day unit of time
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). יֹום (Lemma #2565). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2565/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). יֹום (Lemma #2565). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2565/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). יֹום (Lemma #2565). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2565/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) יֹום (Lemma #2565), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2565/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2565,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {יֹום ({Lemma} #2565)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2565/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2565/},
}