Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Clinton Branscombe <cbran AT nbnet.nb.ca>]

The claim that a number plus day (yom) always means 24 hours seems to be 
assumed to be true because no one provided a counter example.  What 
about "third day" in Hosea 6:2?  I understand the larger phrase to mean 
"a short time" not 72 hours. 

If correct, this is at least one counter example to the assertion of  
"numeral + yom=24 hours."

Clinton Branscombe