BDB3734 [H3394]

יָרֵחַ noun masculineJosh 10:13 moon, especially in poetry (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ירח; Assyrian iriµu, according to PinchesBOR Aug. 1888, 207; Ethiopic moon, month; compare below יֶרַח) — absolute יָרֵחַ Gen 37:9 + 25 t.; suffix וִיָֽרֵחֵךְ Isa 60:20: — moon, usually named with sun Josh 10:12; Josh 10:13 (poem in J E), Ps 72:5 (עִםשָֿׁ֑מֶשׁ וְלִפְנֵי יָרֵחַ), Ps 89:38 (in these two, a symbol of permanence), Ps 121:6; Isa 60:19; Hab 3:11; Joel 3:4 object of idolatrous worship Job 31:26 (+ sun); in same sense also + sun and stars Deut 4:19; Deut 17:3; 2Kgs 23:5; Jer 8:2 as determiner of feast-times Ps 104:19 (|| sun); + stars, as shining, by night Ps 136:9 (|| sun, by day), so חֻקֹּת יָרֵחַ Jer 31:35 (|| id.); elsewhere + sun and stars Gen 37:9 (E), Isa 13:10; Ezek 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15; Ps 148:3; Eccl 12:2 + stars Ps 8:4; Job 25:5 with neither sun nor stars only עַדבְּֿלִי יָרֵחַ Ps 72:7.


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