Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3391
יֶרַח
yerachyeh'-rakh
month
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3391is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3391
a lunation, i.e. month
The King James renders it: month, moon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yerach is rendered "month". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 2:2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
Exodus 2:2יְרָחִֽים׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's twelve uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- months4
- in month of3
- a month of2
- in a month1
- like months of1
- months of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּיֶ֣רַח2
- יְרָחִֽים׃2
- בְּיֶ֖רַח1
- בְּיֶ֥רַח1
- יֶ֣רַח1
- יֶֽרַח־1
- יַרְחֵי־1
- יְ֝רָחִ֗ים1
- יְרָחִ֣ים1
- כְיַרְחֵי־1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
Exodus
one use
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
- יְרָחִֽים׃yerachimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: months
Deuteronomy
two uses
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.
- יֶ֣רַחyerachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a month of
with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
- יְרָחִֽים׃yerachimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: months
1 Kings
three uses
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
- בְּיֶ֖רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in month 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.
- בְּיֶ֣רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in month of
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- בְּיֶ֥רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in month of
2 Kings
one use
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
- יֶֽרַח־yerach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a month of
Job
four uses
If 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.
- יְ֝רָחִ֗יםyerachimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: months
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- יַרְחֵי־yarchei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: months of
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
- כְיַרְחֵי־kheyarchei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like months of
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
- יְרָחִ֣יםyerachimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: months
Zechariah
one use
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- בְּיֶ֣רַחbeyerachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a month
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.