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title: מָחָר — to-morrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָחָר (4279), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 52 times: to-morrow. BDB 1906: n.m. adv. to-morrow, in time to come. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָחָר

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«מָחָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **to-morrow** — 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:** 52 times · **Key:** 4279 · **BDB:** מָחָר

### Glosses

tomorrow (46); \[will.be\].tomorrow (3); in.future.time (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

to-morrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4279/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. adv. to-morrow, in time to come [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4279/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m., used often as adv., to-morrow, in time to come (Aramaic מְחַר, ܡܚܰܪ; prob. properly time in front, Köii. 263, cf. √, and Assyrian maḫru, front, often of time, though always of former time, of old, DlHWB 402):— to-morrow (the day following the present day), as subst. Ex 16:23 שַׁבָּתוֹן שַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ לְי׳ מָחָר to-morrow is a sabbath, etc., 1 S 20:5 חֹדֶשׁ מָחָר to-morrow is the new moon, v 18; in יוֹם מָחָר †Gn 30:33 Pr 27:1 Is 56:12; in the idiom. phr. כָּעֵת מָחָר at the like of the time, (being) to-morrow, = about to-morrow (v. כְּ 1 a) †Ex 9:18 1 S 9:16; 20:12 1 K 19:2; 20:6 2 K 7:1, 18; 10:6; and in לְמָחָר †Ex 8:19 לְמָחָר יִהְיֶה הָאֹת הַזֶּה, = for, against, to-morrow, Ex 8:6 Nu 11:18 Jos 7:13 Est 5:12. as adv. acc. Ex 8:25; 9:5 מָחָר יַעֲשֶׂה י׳ הַדָּבָר הָזֶּה, 10:4 הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה, 17:9; 32:5 Nu 14:25 1 S 11:9 etc., Jos 11:6 מָחָר כָּעֵת הַזֹּאת; opp. to הַיּוֹם Ex 19:10 הַיּוֹם וּמָחָר Jos 22:18 2 S 11:12a; rhetorically, Is 22:13 כִּי מָחָר נָמוּת. = in future time, Ex 13:14 כִּי יִשְׁאָֽלְךָ בִנְךָ מָחָר לֵאמֹר = Dt 6:20, Jos 4:6, 21; 22:24, 27, 28; so בְּיוֹם מָחָר Gn 30:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 38 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָחָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4279/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.1/)

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אַֽל־תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל בְּי֣וֹם מָחָ֑ר כִּ֤י לֹא־תֵ֝דַ֗ע מַה־יֵּ֥לֶד יֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* do.not boast in a.day tomorrow (dm) not you.know what? will.it.bring.forth a.day

*JPS 1917:* Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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[1 Samuel 20:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.18/)

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וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן מָחָ֣ר חֹ֑דֶשׁ וְנִפְקַ֕דְתָּ כִּ֥י יִפָּקֵ֖ד מוֹשָׁבֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him Jonathan \[will.be\].tomorrow a.new.moon and you.will.be.missed (dm) it.will.be.empty seat your

*JPS 1917:* And Jonathan said unto him: 'To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, thy seat will be empty.

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