יוֹמָם yomam
Hebrew word for “by day” · Strong’s H3119 · used 50 times in 49 verses
Meaning
adv; 1) by day, in the daytime; subst; 2) daytime
How it is translated
Glosses given for yomam in context, with how often each is used:
- day 47
- daytime 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 6 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 12 (3), Exodus 13 (2), Psalms 42 (2), Isaiah 4 (2), Isaiah 60 (2), Jeremiah 33 (2), Exodus 40 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Numbers 9 (1), Numbers 10 (1)
Forms
- יומם 47
- ויומם 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yomam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 39
- עָנָן anan “cloud” 10
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 9
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 10
- דִּמְעָה dimah “tears” 4
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 4
- אוֹר or “light” 4
- שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 4
- יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 3
- נָחָה nachah “to lead” 3
- גּוֹלָה golah “captivity” 3
- אוֹר or “to light” 3
Key verses
The verses using yomam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
- Joshua 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is…
- Nehemiah 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the…
- Psalms 1:2 — But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- Psalms 13:2 — How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
- Psalms 42:8 — Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
- Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
- Isaiah 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light,…
- Jeremiah 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 14:17 — Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is…
- Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when…
- Jeremiah 33:20 — Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
See all 49 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.