HebrewEdit

EtymologyEdit

Root
י־ו־ם(y-w-m)

From Proto-Semitic *yawm-. Cognate with Arabic يوم‎.

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NounEdit

יוֹם (yomm (dual indefinite יומיים / יוֹמַיִם‎, plural indefinite יָמִים‎, singular construct יוֹם־, plural construct יְמֵי־or יְמוֹת־‎)

  1. Day: the period between dawn and dusk.
  2. A day: a unit of time corresponding to the period of Earth's rotation.
    • Deuteronomy 11:29
      לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע ה׳ לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם עַל הָאָרֶץ׃
  3. Daylight.
  4. (Judaism) A time period from a nightfall until the following nightfall

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YiddishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Hebrew יוֹם(yom).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

יום (yomm, plural ימים(yomim)

  1. day
    Synonym: (usual word) טאָג(tog)
  2. (Judaism) Psalm of the day
  3. (Judaism) A time period from a nightfall until the following nightfall

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