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title: יָרֵחַ — moon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָרֵחַ (3394), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: moon. BDB 1906: n.m. moon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָרֵחַ

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«יָרֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 27 times · **Key:** 3394 · **BDB:** יָרֵחַ

### Glosses

moon (20); \[the\].moon (5); O.moon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָרֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3394/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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;

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