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# יָרֵחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3394

**moon** — used 27 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

moon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3394/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָרֵחַ: n.m. moon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3394/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jos 10:13 moon, especially poet. (NH id.; Ph. ירח; Assyrian iriḥu, according to PinchesBOR Aug. 1888, 207; Ethiopic ወርሕ moon, month; cf. sub יֶרַח)—abs. יָרֵחַ Gn 37:9 + 25 times; sf. וִיֽרֵחֵךְ Is 60:20:—moon, usually named with sun Jos 10:12, 13 (poem in JE), ψ 72:5 (עִם־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְלִפְנֵי יָרֵחַ), 89:38 (in these two, a symbol of permanence), 121:6 Is 60:19 Hb 3:11 Jo 3:4; obj. of idolatrous worship Jb 31:26 (+ sun); in same sense also + sun and stars Dt 4:19; 17:3 2 K 23:5 Je 8:2; as determiner of feast-times ψ 104:19 (‖ sun); + stars, as shining by night ψ 136:9 (‖ sun, by day), so חֻקֹּת יָרֵחַ Je 31:35 (‖ id.); elsewhere + sun and stars Gn 37:9 (E), Is 13:10 Ez 32:7 Jo 2:10; 4:15 ψ 148:3 Ec 12:2; + stars ψ 8:4 Jb 25:5; with neither sun nor stars only עַד־בְּלִי יָרֵחַ ψ 72:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: moon (20); \[the\] moon (5); O moon (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 104:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.19/#tree)

עָשָׂ֣ה יָ֭רֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִ֑ים שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ יָדַ֥ע מְבוֹאֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.made \[the\].moon for appointed.times \[the\].sun it.knows setting its

*JPS 1917:* Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.

[Job 31:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.26/#tree)

אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה א֖וֹר כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if I.saw a.light (dm) it.shone and.\[the\] moon splendid going

*JPS 1917:* If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3394.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3394/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).