The meaning of “דַּי”
Understanding day reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
of uncertain derivation able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (m...
דַּי
of uncertain derivation able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when. - enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases 1) sufficiency, enough 1a) enough 1b) for, according to the abundance of, out of the abundance of, as often as
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 36:7 | “For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.” Word: דַּי (day) | |
| Judges 6:5 | “For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.” Word: דַּי (day) | |
| 2 Kings 4:8 | “And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.” Word: דַּי (day) | |
| Esther 1:18 | “Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.” Word: דַּי (day) | |
| Isaiah 40:16 | “And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.” Word: דַּי (day) |
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