יום

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יום

/joːm/
/jom/
[joːm]
/jom/ Modern Israeli
/jɔjm/
/jejm/
/jɔum/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *yawm-, with monophthongization of *aw. Cognate with Arabic يَوْم (yawm).

noun יוֹם · yom · יומיים · יוֹמַיִם · יָמִים · יוֹם־

Day: the period between dawn and dusk. בני־אדם ישנים בלילה, וערים ביום.
A day: a unit of time corresponding to the period of Earth's rotation. איזה יום היום?
Daylight.
Judaism A time period from a nightfall until the following nightfall

In English

day period of 24 hours

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"יום." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

יום. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D

Chicago

"יום." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {יום},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}