Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3394
יָרֵחַ
yareachyaw-ray'-akh
moon
27 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yârêach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3394is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3394
the moon
The King James renders it: moon. Yrechow. See H3405 (יְרִיחוֹ).
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
yareach is rendered "moon". It stands 27 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 37:9Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Genesis 37:9וְהַיָּרֵ֗חַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and moon8
- moon7
- and the moon3
- the moon3
- and to the moon2
- and moon your1
- and O moon1
- like moon1
- to the moon1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 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
- וְיָרֵ֖חַ4
- וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ2
- יָרֵ֥חַ2
- יָ֭רֵחַ2
- הַיָּרֵ֣חַ1
- הַיָּרֵ֜חַ1
- הַיָּרֵ֖חַ1
- וְהַיָּרֵ֗חַ1
- וְיָרֵ֥חַ1
- וְיָרֵ֑חַ1
- וְיָרֵ֣חַ1
- וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular9HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Td/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
- וְהַיָּרֵ֗חַvehaiyareachconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the moon
Deuteronomy
two uses
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- הַיָּרֵ֜חַhaiyareachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the moon
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
- לַיָּרֵ֗חַlaiyareachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the moon
Joshua
two uses
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- וְיָרֵ֖חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and O moon
So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
- וְיָרֵ֣חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
2 Kings
one use
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
- וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙velaiyareachconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to the moon
Job
two uses
Psalms
eight uses
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- יָרֵ֥חַyareachnoun · masculine singulartagged: moon
May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
- יָ֝רֵ֗חַyareachnoun · masculine singulartagged: moon
May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
- יָרֵֽחַ׃yareachnoun · masculine singulartagged: moon
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
- כְּ֭יָרֵחַkeyareachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like moon
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- יָ֭רֵחַyareachnoun · masculine singulartagged: moon
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
- וְיָרֵ֥חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
- הַיָּרֵ֣חַhaiyareachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the moon
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- וְיָרֵ֑חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
Ecclesiastes
one use
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
- וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַvehaiyareachconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the moon
Isaiah
three uses
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- וְיָרֵ֖חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- הַיָּרֵ֖חַhaiyareachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the moon
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- וִירֵחֵ֖ךְvirechekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and moon your
Jeremiah
two uses
They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
- וְלַיָּרֵ֜חַvelaiyareachconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to the moon
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
- יָרֵ֥חַyareachnoun · masculine singulartagged: moon
Ezekiel
one use
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- וְיָרֵ֖חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
Joel
three uses
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- וְיָרֵ֙חַ֙veyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַvehaiyareachconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the moon
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- וְיָרֵ֖חַveyareachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and moon
Habakkuk
one use
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- יָרֵ֖חַyareachnoun · masculine singulartagged: moon
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
