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Lexicon :: Strong's H570 - 'emeš

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אֶמֶשׁ
Transliteration
'emeš
Pronunciation
eh'-mesh
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Unknown derivation
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TWOT Reference: 120

Strong’s Definitions

אֶמֶשׁ ʼemesh, eh'-mesh; time past, i.e. yesterday or last night:—former time, yesterday(-night)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H570 in the following manner: yesternight (3x), former time (1x), yesterday (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H570 in the following manner: yesternight (3x), former time (1x), yesterday (1x).

  1. yesterday, last night

  2. recently (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶמֶשׁ ʼemesh, eh'-mesh; time past, i.e. yesterday or last night:—former time, yesterday(-night)
STRONGS H570: Abbreviations
† אֶ֫מֶשׁ adverb yesterday (etymology dubious; MV after Fl De on Job 30:3 compare Sta§ 256 c derive from √ משׁה = Arabic مسا, whence مَسَاَءً, evening; see also in Thes, & compare Assyrian mušu, night COTGloss, Ethiopic ምሌት፡ but also Arabic أَمْس = Assyrian amšatu, yesterday) = last night Genesis 19:34; Genesis 31:29, 42 (אָ֑מֶשׁ); = recently 2 Kings 9:26. — Job 30:3 שׁוֺאָה א׳ is difficult & uncertain Thes MV and others darkness, gloom of wasteness, so RV, but dubious, compare Di; G. Hoffm. reads אֵם שׁ׳ = the mother of (all) the ruined (said of the desert).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:34; 31:29; 31:42

2 Kings

9:26

Job

30:3; 30:3

H570

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Strong's Number H570 matches the Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ ('emeš),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, 'Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:26 - Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion -- the affirmation of Jehovah; -- and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:3 - With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,
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