Doug:Yes, but if I write "In Shakespeare's day theatres were tightly regulated", there is "nothing in the text itself that indicates that "day" ... means anything else than the equivalent of a modern 24 hour day or the lighted portion thereof", nevertheless it is clear to all that I mean a period longer than 24 hours. And so in Hebrew in many occurrences of YOM which cannot refer to literal 24 hour days.
There is nothing in the text itself that indicates that "day" when used with a number means anything else than the equivalent of a modern 24 hour day or the lighted portion thereof. The use of "day" in a non-numerical context can have other meanings, just as in English, but not in a numerical context. (If I say, "I plan to travel there in five days" I don't mean five years from now, or five ages, but within a week. The same in Biblical Hebrew.)
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