Word Study · Strong's H3391 · Hebrew
יֶרַח
yerach
yeh'-rakh
“a lunation, i.e. month”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lunation, i.e. month
Rendered in the KJV as
month, moon.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- בְּיֶ֣רַח2
- יְרָחִֽים׃2
- בְּיֶ֖רַח1
- בְּיֶ֥רַח1
- יֶ֣רַח1
- יֶֽרַח־1
- יַרְחֵי־1
- יְ֝רָחִ֗ים1
- יְרָחִ֣ים1
- כְיַרְחֵי־1
How it is rendered · 7
- [the] months3
- in [the] month of3
- a month of2
- in a month1
- like months of1
- months1
- months of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine plural4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 4
- HR/Ncmsc · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HNcmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 21:13יֶ֣רַחyerachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: a month of
- Deuteronomy 33:14יְרָחִֽים׃yerachimnoun · masculine pluralwith the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,here: [the] months
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 6:37בְּיֶ֖רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.here: in [the] month of
- 1 Kings 6:38בְּיֶ֣רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: in [the] month of
- 1 Kings 8:2בְּיֶ֥רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.here: in [the] month of
Job4 occurrences
- Job 3:6יְ֝רָחִ֗יםyerachimnoun · masculine pluralIf 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.here: [the] months
- Job 7:3יַרְחֵי־yarchei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.here: months of
- Job 29:2כְיַרְחֵי־kheyarchei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,here: like months of
- Job 39:2יְרָחִ֣יםyerachimnoun · masculine pluralCan you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?here: [the] months
Same headword in Strong's