Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

Yeah, sorry. I was referring to the explicit numbers of 
weeks as opposed to days. But the point is still the same.

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On Thursday 27 October 2005 09:29, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
> Dear James,
>
> >Someone said that yom with a number can only be understood as 24 hour
> > days.
> >
> >What do you make of Daniel9:24-27?
>
> HH: I don't see the word yom in this passage.

Nor do I.  Please elaborate.

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Dear Clinton,

>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$ hours."

HH: It may be figurative language for a short period of time, but it
gets its meaning from a numerical modifier of "day" where day means
day. The writer is not speaking of a third "short period of time." It
means "third day" after a first day and a second day. This isn't a
great parallel, but suppose I said, "He'll be here any minute now."
The wait will be a short period of time, since we use "any minute
now" to indicate a brief span of time.

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard