What does אַרְבָּעִים · יוֹם · לַיִל mean in the Bible?
אַרְבָּעִים · יוֹם · לַיִל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "forty days and forty nights".
Hebrew · H705, H3117, H3915
אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה
Forty · a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) · properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night ; figuratively, adversity
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אַרְבָּעִים H705 forty
Pronunciation ʾarĕbāʿiym
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יוֹם H3117 a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Pronunciation yôm
Fundamental unit of time marked by daylight, extending metaphorically to ages, epochs, and eschatological periods.
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לַיִל H3915 properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night ; figuratively, adversity
Pronunciation laylāh
Night as darkness symbolizing adversity and spiritual danger; fundamental biblical metaphor for trial and divine testing.
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What does אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה (arba'im yom ve'arba'im laylah) mean in the Bible?
אַרְבָּעִים · יוֹם · לַיִל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "forty days and forty nights".
Full entry for אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה (H705, H3117, H3915) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H705, H3117, H3915?
H705, H3117, H3915 is connected to 2,674 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. forty days and forty nights
Strong's H705, H3117, H3915
Lexical occurrences 2,674 verses Source Gloss
forty days and forty nights
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה is built from this root:
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