What does דַּי (day) mean in the Bible?
דַּי (day): Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
Hebrew · H1767
דַּי
Enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
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דַּי H1767
Pronunciation day
What does דַּי (day) mean in the Bible?
דַּי (day): Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1767?
The BSB source-word alignment has 38 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (5), Whenever (5), enough (3), from (2), than enough (2).
Where does דַּי (day) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 36:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (6), Isaiah (5), Leviticus (4), 1 Samuel (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 5× Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, 2 Kings 4:8, Jeremiah 51:58
Whenever 5× 1 Samuel 1:7, 1 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 12:11, Jeremiah 20:8
enough 3× Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:28, Isaiah 40:16
from 2× 1 Samuel 7:16, Isaiah 66:23
than enough 2× Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:7
[only] what they wanted 1× Obadiah 1:5
and from 1× Isaiah 66:23
As often as 1× Isaiah 28:19
At 1× Job 39:25
due 1× 2 Chronicles 24:5
enough for 1× Nahum 2:12
Every time 1× 1 Samuel 18:30
have done our best 1× Nehemiah 5:8
in 1× Habakkuk 2:13
just what you need 1× Proverbs 25:16
measure 1× Malachi 3:10
of lashes 1× Deuteronomy 25:2
only feeds 1× Habakkuk 2:13
only what they wanted 1× Jeremiah 49:9
resulting in much 1× Esther 1:18
sufficient 1× Isaiah 40:16
swarm 1× Judges 6:5
Though I often 1× Jeremiah 31:20
vvv 1× Jeremiah 51:58
whatever 1× Deuteronomy 15:8
You will have plenty 1× Proverbs 27:27
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 36:5 מִדֵּ֤י to than enough Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 36:7 דַיָּ֛ם to than enough Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Leviticus 5:7 דֵּ֣י to . . . Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 12:8 דֵּ֣י to . . . Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 25:26 כְּדֵ֥י to enough Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 25:28 דֵּי֮ to enough Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 15:8 דֵּ֚י to whatever Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 25:2 כְּדֵ֥י to of lashes Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Judges 6:5 כְדֵֽי־ to swarm Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1 Samuel 1:7 מִדֵּ֤י to Whenever Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 36:5
Aligned rows 38
Books represented 19
Exodus 2 Leviticus 4 Deuteronomy 2 Judges 1 1 Samuel 3 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 2 Nehemiah 1 Esther 1 Job 1 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 6 Obadiah 1 Nahum 1 Habakkuk 2 Zechariah 1 Malachi 1
Source forms
מִדֵּ֤י 7x mid·dê Exodus 36:5, 1 Samuel 1:7, 1 Samuel 7:16, 2 Chronicles 24:5
בְּדֵי־ 4x bə·ḏê- Jeremiah 51:58, Habakkuk 2:13
דֵּ֣י 2x dê Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8
דֵּ֖י 2x dê Isaiah 40:16
כְּדֵ֥י 2x kə·ḏê Leviticus 25:26, Deuteronomy 25:2
מִדֵּ֣י 2x mid·dê 1 Samuel 18:30, 2 Kings 4:8
מִדֵּ֧י 2x mid·dê Jeremiah 48:27, Zechariah 14:16
מִדֵּי־ 2x mid·dê- 1 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 12:11
Parsing patterns
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 14x Exodus 36:5, 1 Samuel 1:7, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 18:30
Noun - masculine singular construct 6x Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 25:28, Deuteronomy 15:8
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 6x Job 39:25, Jeremiah 51:58, Nahum 2:12, Habakkuk 2:13
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 4x Leviticus 25:26, Deuteronomy 25:2, Judges 6:5, Nehemiah 5:8
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 3x Exodus 36:7, Jeremiah 49:9, Obadiah 1:5
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Proverbs 27:27
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Esther 1:18
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 66:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
Source Gloss
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases BDB: sufficiency Usage: able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Moderation in consumption: eating honey only in sufficient quantity to avoid excess
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Word Origins
דַּי is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain