3391. yerach

Strong's Lexicon

yerach: Month

Original Word: יֶרַח
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yerach
Pronunciation: yeh-rahkh
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-rakh)
Definition: Month
Meaning: a lunation, month

Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to be yellow; a month

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3376 - μήν (mēn), meaning "month" in Greek, used in the New Testament to denote a similar concept of time.

Usage: The Hebrew word "yerach" primarily refers to a "month" in the context of the lunar calendar used in ancient Israel. It denotes a period of time based on the phases of the moon, typically around 29 to 30 days. In the Hebrew Bible, "yerach" is used to mark time and to specify the duration of events or the timing of religious observances.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the lunar calendar was central to religious and agricultural life. The months were determined by the sighting of the new moon, and this calendar regulated the timing of festivals, agricultural activities, and other societal functions. The concept of a month was deeply intertwined with the rhythms of nature and the religious observances commanded in the Torah.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as yareach
Definition
month
NASB Translation
month (6), months (6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. יֶ֫רַח noun masculine^{Zechariah 11:8} month (Aramaic יַרְחָא, new moon, month; Palmyrene ירח Vog^{No. 1}; Assyrian ar— u COT^Glossary Muss-Arn^{JBL xi. 1892, 73, 163}; compare Phoenician Ethiopic below יָרֵחַ; Sabean ורחֿ month, DHM^{ZMG 1876, 603; 1883, 369} Hal^{JAS vii, 1, 516}) — absolute יֶ֫רַח 1 Kings 6:37 3t.; construct id. Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13; plural יְרָחִים Exodus 2:2 3t.; construct יַרְחֵי Job 7:3; Job 29:2; —

1 month, as measure of time, during, or in which Exodus 2:2 (E), Zechariah 11:8; Job 39:2; יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא Job 7:3; יַרְחֵי קֶדֶם Job 29:2; pleonastic יֶרַח יָמִים a month (of) days = a month of time Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13.

2 calendar month, with name יֶרַח זִו 1 Kings 6:37 (2nd mo., compare 1 Kings 6:1); יֶרַח בּוּל 1 Kings 6:38 (8th mo.); יֶרַךְ הָאֵתָנִים 1 Kings 8:2 (7th mo.); compare בְּמִסְמַּר יְרָחִים אַליָֿבאֹ Job 3:6; גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָתִים Deuteronomy 33:4 produce of months, i.e. of various seasons of year. — compare synonym חֹדֶשׁ.

[יְרַךְ] noun masculine month (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute לִירַח אֲדָר Ezra 6:15; plural absolute יַרְחִין Daniel 4:26.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

month, moon

From a unused root of uncertain signification; a lunation, i.e. Month -- month, moon.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּיֶ֖רַח בְּיֶ֣רַח בְּיֶ֥רַח בירח וִירֵחֵ֖ךְ וירחך יְ֝רָחִ֗ים יְרָחִ֣ים יְרָחִֽים׃ יֶ֣רַח יֶֽרַח־ יַרְחֵי־ ירח ירח־ ירחי־ ירחים ירחים׃ כְיַרְחֵי־ כירחי־ bə·ye·raḥ beYerach bəyeraḥ cheyarchei ḵə·yar·ḥê- ḵəyarḥê- vireChech wî·rê·ḥêḵ wîrêḥêḵ yar·ḥê- yarchei yarḥê- yə·rā·ḥîm ye·raḥ ye·raḥ- Yerach yeraChim yeraḥ yeraḥ- yərāḥîm

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 2:2
HEB: וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּ שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה יְרָחִֽים׃
NAS: she hid him for three months.
KJV: [child], she hid him three months.
INT: hid three months

Deuteronomy 21:13
HEB: וְאֶת־ אִמָּ֖הּ יֶ֣רַח יָמִ֑ים וְאַ֨חַר
NAS: a full month; and after
KJV: a full month: and after
INT: her father and mother month A full and after

Deuteronomy 33:14
HEB: וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גֶּ֥רֶשׁ יְרָחִֽים׃
NAS: produce of the months.
KJV: put forth by the moon,
INT: the choice produce of the months

1 Kings 6:37
HEB: בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּיֶ֖רַח זִֽו׃
NAS: was laid, in the month of Ziv.
KJV: of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
INT: of the house of the LORD the month of Ziv

1 Kings 6:38
HEB: הָאַחַ֨ת עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה בְּיֶ֣רַח בּ֗וּל ה֚וּא
NAS: year, in the month of Bul,
KJV: year, in the month Bul,
INT: a ten the month of Bul which

1 Kings 8:2
HEB: אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּיֶ֥רַח הָאֵֽתָנִ֖ים בֶּחָ֑ג
NAS: at the feast, in the month Ethanim,
KJV: at the feast in the month Ethanim,
INT: the men of Israel the month Ethanim the feast

2 Kings 15:13
HEB: יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ יֶֽרַח־ יָמִ֖ים בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
NAS: and he reigned one month in Samaria.
KJV: a full month in Samaria.
INT: of Judah king month A full Samaria

Job 3:6
HEB: שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר יְ֝רָחִ֗ים אַל־ יָבֹֽא׃
NAS: into the number of the months.
KJV: into the number of the months.
INT: of the year the number of the months nay come

Job 7:3
HEB: הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־ שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת
NAS: am I allotted months of vanity,
KJV: So am I made to possess months of vanity,
INT: So allotted months of vanity and nights

Job 29:2
HEB: מִֽי־ יִתְּנֵ֥נִי כְיַרְחֵי־ קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝ימֵ֗י
NAS: Oh that I were as in months gone
KJV: Oh that I were as [in] months past,
INT: Oh that months gone the days

Job 39:2
HEB: תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ
NAS: Can you count the months they fulfill,
KJV: Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil?
INT: count the months fulfill know

Isaiah 60:20
HEB: עוֹד֙ שִׁמְשֵׁ֔ךְ וִירֵחֵ֖ךְ לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף
KJV: shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw
INT: longer your sun moon Nor wane

Zechariah 11:8
HEB: שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר
NAS: in one month, for my soul
KJV: in one month; and my soul
INT: the three shepherds month one was impatient

13 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3391
13 Occurrences

bə·ye·raḥ — 4 Occ.
ḵə·yar·ḥê- — 1 Occ.
wî·rê·ḥêḵ — 1 Occ.
yar·ḥê- — 1 Occ.
ye·raḥ — 2 Occ.
yə·rā·ḥîm — 4 Occ.