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“X Days and X Nights” is the One and Only Thing

Used in the Bible for Expressing Duration!

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Everything Else is Specific Point in Time!

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How Are Cardinal Numbers, Especially when Using the Construct Format, being Used in the Bible for Designating Specific Days of the Week?

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With an incentive from Joshua 1:11

 

Abstract:

By means of the within comprehensive Hebrew word study, of the extant OT and NT Hebrew manuscripts, I find conclusively that not only ordinal numbers, but also cardinal numbers, whether in the construct format or in the absolute format, but most specifically in the construct format, are being used, in all cases within the Holy Scriptures, for specifying specific days within the seven day cycles ordained per Leviticus 23. That is to say also, that duration, not tied to “the first x days” of the seven day week, not tied to “the first x days” of the month,[1] etc., requires, within the Hebrew Scriptures, the use of the term/format “x days and x nights,” while writing that term using the absolute format.

And, in parallel thereto, in re to a specific day[2] within such a reckoning: The use of the term/format “xth day and xth night…”

The findings within this Hebrew word study confirm my prior discoveries re the corresponding Greek words within these same Scripture passages.

These findings seem to constitute a significant and important revision and expansion of our prior understanding of ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek grammar.

 

 

Considerations:

 

In Page H. Kelley’s book Biblical Hebrew – An Introductory Grammar, I find a most helpful table, on top of page 97, that is showing all the Absolute and all the Construct forms of the Hebrew numbers 1 through 10. On the subsequent page (page 98) I also find the following statement:

(4) The absolute and construct forms of numerals can be used interchangeably, with no apparent difference in meaning.

Examples:

(a)    שׁלשׁה ימים three days     שׁלשׁת ימים three days

       [       absolute                    construct        ]

 

Based upon extensive studies of ancient and Biblical chronology I find reason to challenge the above statement. As shown below, the absolute and the construct forms do mean different things!:

 

Let’s consider carefully the following fifteen Bible passages, which comprise all of the passages that I have found in the Hebrew Scriptures that are using a term on the format “x days and x nights,” or “xth day and xth night.”[3]

Having noticed that the Hebrew is consistently using the singular יום with the number 40, whereas the plural ימים is being used in all other Bible passages (with number 3 or number 7, no other numbers with the terms “x days and x nights” or “xth day and xth night”are found when searching both English and Hebrew!,) for the time being[4] I find cause for differing myself from Page H. Kelley’s words, which words of his to me seem to reflect an uncertainty on his part, that is, on page 98 of his book: “The numerals from 11 to 19… They also normally occur with plural forms of nouns, although a few nouns (e.g… יום, “day…”) may remain in their singular forms when they stand after these numerals:”

 

1.       

 Gen 7:4  כי לימים עוד שׁבעה אנכי ממטיר על־הארץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה ומחיתי את־כל־היקום אשׁר עשׂיתי מעל פני האדמה׃

Gen 7:4 KJV  For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Gen 7:4 TLT[5]  At the beginning of the next Seventh Day, I will cause it to rain upon the earth until the beginning of day forty and night forty; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

 

     Comparison passages with time markers are indicated by a wider margin:

Gen  7:6  ונח בן־שׁשׁ מאות שׁנה והמבול היה מים על־הארץ׃ 

Gen 7:6  KJV  And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 

Gen 7:6  TLT  And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 

 

Gen  7:10  ויהי לשׁבעת הימים ומי המבול היו על־הארץ׃ 

Gen 7:10  KJV  And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 

Gen 7:10  TLT  And it came to pass at the beginning of the seventh of the days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 

 

Gen  7:11  בשׁנת שׁשׁ־מאות שׁנה לחיי־נח בחדשׁ השׁני בשׁבעה־עשׂר יום לחדשׁ ביום הזה נבקעו כל־מעינות תהום רבה וארבת השׁמים נפתחו׃ 

Gen 7:11  KJV  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 

Gen 7:11  TLT  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, in that day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 

 

2.       

 Gen 7:12  ויהי הגשׁם על־הארץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה׃

Gen 7:12 KJV  And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Gen 7:12 TLT  And the rain was upon the earth at the beginning of day forty and night forty.

 

Gen  7:13  בעצם היום הזה בא נח ושׁם־וחם ויפת בני־נח ואשׁת נח ושׁלשׁת נשׁי־בניו אתם אל־התבה׃ 

Gen 7:13  KJV  In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 

Gen 7:13  TLT  In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 

 

Gen  7:17  ויהי המבול ארבעים יום על־הארץ וירבו המים וישׂאו את־התבה ותרם מעל הארץ׃

Gen 7:17  KJV  And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 

Gen 7:17  TLT  And the flood was on day forty upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

 

Gen  7:24  ויגברו המים על־הארץ חמשׁים ומאת יום׃

Gen 7:24  KJV  And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 

Gen 7:24  TLT  And the waters prevailed upon the earth until the beginning of day one hundred and fifty. 

 

Gen  8:3  וישׁבו המים מעל הארץ הלוך ושׁוב ויחסרו המים מקצה חמשׁים ומאת יום׃ 

Gen 8:3  KJV  And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 

Gen 8:3  TLT  And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the beginning of day one hundred and fifty the waters began to abate, that is, to calm down. 

 

Gen  8:4  ותנח התבה בחדשׁ השׁביעי בשׁבעה־עשׂר יום לחדשׁ על הרי אררט׃ 

Gen 8:4  KJV  And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 

Gen 8:4  TLT  And the ark rested in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 

 

Gen  8:5  והמים היו הלוך וחסור עד החדשׁ העשׂירי בעשׂירי באחד לחדשׁ נראו ראשׁי ההרים׃ 

Gen 8:5  KJV  And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 

Gen 8:5  TLT  And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, in the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 

 

Gen  8:6  ויהי מקץ ארבעים יום ויפתח נח את־חלון התבה אשׁר עשׂה׃ 

Gen 8:6  KJV  And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: 

Gen 8:6  TLT  And it came to pass after the beginning of day forty, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: 

 

Gen  8:10  ויחל עוד שׁבעת ימים אחרים ויסף שׁלח את־היונה מן־התבה׃ 

Gen 8:10  KJV  And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 

Gen 8:10  TLT  And he stayed yet other seven days afterwards; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 

 

Gen  8:11  ותבא אליו היונה לעת ערב והנה עלה־זית טרף בפיה וידע נח כי־קלו המים מעל הארץ׃ 

Gen 8:11  KJV  And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 

Gen 8:11  TLT  And the dove came in to him before the evening twilight hour; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 

 

Gen  8:12  וייחל עוד שׁבעת ימים אחרים וישׁלח את־היונה ולא־יספה שׁוב־אליו עוד׃ 

Gen 8:12  KJV  And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 

Gen 8:12  TLT  And he stayed yet other seven days afterwards; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 

 

Gen  8:13  ויהי באחת ושׁשׁ־מאות שׁנה בראשׁון באחד לחדשׁ חרבו המים מעל הארץ ויסר נח את־מכסה התבה וירא והנה חרבו פני האדמה׃ 

Gen 8:13  KJV  And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 

Gen 8:13  TLT  And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, at the beginning of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 

 

Gen  8:14  ובחדשׁ השׁני בשׁבעה ועשׂרים יום לחדשׁ יבשׁה הארץ׃ 

Gen 8:14  KJV  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 

Gen 8:14  TLT  And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 

 

Gen  8:22  עד כל־ימי הארץ זרע וקציר וקר וחם וקיץ וחרף ויום ולילה לא ישׁבתו׃ 

Gen 8:22  KJV  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. 

Gen 8:22  TLT  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and fall and spring, and day and night shall not cease. 

 

    

3.       

 Exo 24:18  ויבא משׁה בתוך הענן ויעל אל־ההר ויהי משׁה בהר ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה׃

Exo 24:18 KJV  And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exo 24:18 TLT  And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount in day forty and night forty.

 

4.       

 Exo 34:28  ויהי־שׁם עם־יהוה ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה לחם לא אכל ומים לא שׁתה ויכתב על־הלחת את דברי הברית עשׂרת הדברים׃

Exo 34:28 KJV  And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Exo 34:28 TLT  And he was there with the Yehovah day forty and night forty; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

 

5.       

 Deut 9:9  בעלתי ההרה לקחת לוחת האבנים לוחת הברית אשׁר־כרת יהוה עמכם ואשׁב בהר ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה לחם לא אכלתי ומים לא שׁתיתי׃

Deut 9:9 KJV  When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

Deut 9:9 TLT  When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Yehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount day forty and night forty, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

 

6.       

 Deut 9:11  ויהי מקץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה נתן יהוה אלי את־שׁני לחת האבנים לחות הברית׃

Deut 9:11 KJV    And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Deut 9:11 TLT  And it came to pass at the end of day forty and night forty, that the Yehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

7.       

 Deut 9:18  ואתנפל לפני יהוה כראשׁנה ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה לחם לא אכלתי ומים לא שׁתיתי על כל־חטאתכם אשׁר חטאתם לעשׂות הרע בעיני יהוה להכעיסו׃

Deut 9:18 KJV  And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Deut 9:18 TLT  And I fell down before the Yehovah, as at the first, day forty and night forty: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Yehovah, to provoke him to anger.

 

8.       

 Deut 9:25  ואתנפל לפני יהוה את ארבעים היום ואת־ארבעים הלילה אשׁר התנפלתי כי־אמר יהוה להשׁמיד אתכם׃

Deut 9:25 KJV  Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

Deut 9:25 TLT  Thus I fell down before the Yehovah the fortieth day and the fortieth night, as I fell down because the Yehovah had said he would destroy you.

9.       

 Deut 10:10  ואנכי עמדתי בהר כימים הראשׁנים ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה וישׁמע יהוה אלי גם בפעם ההוא לא־אבה יהוה השׁחיתך׃

Deut 10:10 KJV  And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

Deut 10:10 TLT  And I stayed in the mount because of the foremost day forty and night forty; and the Yehovah hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Yehovah would not destroy thee.

10.   

 1Sa 30:12  ויתנו־לו פלח דבלה ושׁני צמקים ויאכל ותשׁב רוחו אליו כי לא־אכל לחם ולא־שׁתה מים שׁלשׁה ימים ושׁלשׁה לילות׃

1 Sa 30:12 KJV  And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

1 Sa 30:12 TLT  And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

11.   

 1Ki 19:8  ויקם ויאכל וישׁתה וילך בכח האכילה ההיא ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה עד הר האלהים חרב׃

1 Ki 19:8 KJV  And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

1 Ki 19:8 TLT  And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food day forty and night forty unto Horeb the mount of God.

12.   

 Job 2:13  וישׁבו אתו לארץ שׁבעת ימים ושׁבעת לילות ואין־דבר אליו דבר כי ראו כי־גדל הכאב מאד׃

Job 2:13 KJV  So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 2:13 TLT  So they sat down with him upon the ground Day Seven and Night Seven of the seven of the week, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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Jon 1:17  (2:1) וימן יהוה דג גדול לבלע את־יונה ויהי יונה במעי הדג שׁלשׁה ימים ושׁלשׁה לילות׃

Jon 1:17 KJV  Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jon 1:17 TLT  Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

14.   

 Matt 4:2  ויצום מ״ יום וארבעים לילה ואח״כ נרעב.

Matt 4:2 GH[6]  He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterwards was hungry.

Matt 4:2 TLT  He fasted day forty and night forty and afterwards was hungry.

 

15.   

 Matt 12:40  שכאשר היה במעי הדגה ג׳ ימים וג׳ לילות כן יהיה בן אדם בבטן הארץ ג׳ ימים וג׳ לילות בקבר.

Matt 12:40 GH  For as he was in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the belly of the earth, (buried) for three days and three nights.

Matt 12:40 TLT  For as he was in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the belly of the earth, (buried) for three days and three nights.

 

In the above quoted 15 passages all of the 11 texts referencing “40 days and 40 nights” (KJV, ##1-7, 9, 11, 14,) are written in the absolute format, and none but #8 is using the definite article. The one exception (#8), using the definite article, is pointing back to another specific reference to day 40 and night 40.

Of the four remaining passages, not using the number 40, three (##10, 13, 15) are referencing “3 days and 3 nights” (KJV,) and one (#12) is referencing 7 days and 7 nights. Among all four, and thus among all 15, of these 15 only one (#12; Job 2:13) is using the construct format. #15 is from Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew and is using a different number format than the Old Testament passages.

Considering the one exception to the use of the absolute format, why is #12 written in the construct form? So far as I can tell there is no prior instance of 7 days and 7 nights within the book of Job. The answer seems obvious enough to me. The reference is to the seven day cycle introduced at the very beginning of time, the creation week! Thus I find Job 2:13 giving reference to the calendar reckoning introduced by our Creator Himself. As in “the seven of the days and the seven of the nights.” Furthermore, the words of Job 1:6 “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD” remind me of “a holy convocation” as in the Seventh Day Sabbath and as otherwise ordained in Leviticus 23. The same phrase is repeated in Job 2:1. Thus, if Job’s sickness began on a Seventh Day Sabbath, then, per Hebrew reckoning, the numbering of the days of Job’s sickness would coincide with the numbering of the days of the seven day week . Thus the use of the construct format in Job 2:13, that is, as in “Day Seven and Night Seven of the seven of the seven days”

Considering also the fact that Yeshua was not crucified on a Saturday, it should be clear to all that none of the three extant Bible passages using the words translated “three days and three nights” three (##10, 13, 15 above) are a reference to any particular three days of the seven day week, for instance, as in “the first three days of the seven day week .” Thus the use of the absolute format in these passages, which format allows a reference to any arbitrary placement of a sequence of three days and three nights within the week, month, etc.. As in the case of Yeshua’s confinement in the tomb for three days and three nights, that is, for 72 hours, between sunset Friday and sunset Monday (cf. this link.)

 

 

 

On the usage of the construct format elsewhere in the Scriptures

The Hebrew grammar makes it clear that:

“the numerals 3-10… When they modify masculine nouns they take the feminine form; when they modify feminine nouns they take the masculine form. There is no satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon.”

(Kelley, Page H., Biblical Hebrew – An Introductory Grammar, p. 97)

 

This explains for instance why the masculine noun יום is being modified, in the construct format, by the feminine form of the numeral. Cf. #12 above. But why is this rule not being applied to “ושׁבעת לילות” of ##10/16, 12/18, and 13 above/below? Apparently this rule is being applied only once per expression…

 

Which would suggest that within each family of words within any one term, likewise the first two members being joined as one of every viable family unit is necessarily one male, and one female, the remainder, the children of such a term, can be no more than one single gender each, whether male or female. Accordingly, I beg to differ with Kelley’s words above: “There is no satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon.”

 

The absolute format of “three days” is found only thrice in the OT, two of which (##‎16, ‎18 below) have been dealt with above (##10, 13,) plus one more (#‎17 below) in 1 Kings 12:5. Per the above discovery, it would seem as though 1 Kings 12:5 could be referencing any day of the seven day week, not necessarily the Third Day of that seven day week. However, if the king’s words were spoken on the Seventh Day Shabbat, which would not be unlikely, then the return date for the people would fall upon the Day Three of the seven day week regardless, because the Sabbath day would constitute Day Zero, that is, the accession day, of standard Hebrew reckoning of time. Indeed, the same event, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 10:5, is recorded using the construct format, thus indicating that the one and only way used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate duration, such as is not coinciding with the correspondingly numbered days of a seven day cycle of Yehovah Elohim’s design, is “x days and x nights” using the absolute format!:

 

16.  Absolute format:

 1Sa 30:12  ויתנו־לו פלח דבלה ושׁני צמקים ויאכל ותשׁב רוחו אליו כי לא־אכל לחם ולא־שׁתה מים שׁלשׁה ימים ושׁלשׁה לילות׃

1Sa 30:12 KJV  And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

 

 

17.  Absolute format. Cf. 2 Chronicles 10:5 below!:

 1Ki 12:5  ויאמר אליהם לכו עד שׁלשׁה ימים ושׁובו אלי וילכו העם׃

1Ki 12:5 TLT And he said unto them, Walk ye away until number Three of seven days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

1Ki 12:5 KJV And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

 

 

18.  Absolute format:

Jon 1:17  (2:1) וימן יהוה דג גדול לבלע את־יונה ויהי יונה במעי הדג שׁלשׁה ימים ושׁלשׁה לילות׃

Jon 1:17 KJV  Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

 

 

In contradistinction, the construct format of “three days” is found 22 times in 21 OT verses:

 

1.      Construct format:

 Gen 30:36  וישׂם דרך שׁלשׁת ימים בינו ובין יעקב ויעקב רעה את־צאן לבן הנותרת׃

Gen 30:36 TLT  And he set three days' journey [that is, the furthest distance you can walk if you wish to return in seven days] betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Gen 30:36 KJV  And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

 

2.      Construct format:

 Gen 40:12  ויאמר לו יוסף זה פתרנו שׁלשׁת השׂרגים שׁלשׁת ימים הם׃

Gen 40:12 TLT  And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches represent three days:

Gen 40:12 KJV  And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

 

3.      Construct format:

 Gen 40:13  בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים ישׂא פרעה את־ראשׁך והשׁיבך על־כנך ונתת כוס־פרעה בידו כמשׁפט הראשׁון אשׁר היית משׁקהו׃

Gen 40:13 TLT  Yet within three days of the next week, shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen 40:13 KJV  Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

 

Gen 40:20  ויהי ביום השׁלישׁי יום הלדת את־פרעה ויעשׂ משׁתה לכל־עבדיו וישׂא את־ראשׁ שׂר המשׁקים ואת־ראשׁ שׂר האפים בתוך עבדיו׃ 

Gen 40:20  TLT  And it came to pass during the day portion of the Third Day of the week, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 

Gen 40:20  KJV  And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 

 

 

4.      Construct format:

 Gen 40:18  ויען יוסף ויאמר זה פתרנו שׁלשׁת הסלים שׁלשׁת ימים הם׃

Gen 40:18 TLT  And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets represent three days:

Gen 40:18 KJV  And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

 

5.      Construct format:

 Gen 40:19  בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים ישׂא פרעה את־ראשׁך מעליך ותלה אותך על־עץ ואכל העוף את־בשׂרך מעליך׃

Gen 40:19 TLT  Yet within three days of the next week, shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Gen 40:19 KJV  Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

 

6.      Construct format:

 Exo 3:18  ושׁמעו לקלך ובאת אתה וזקני ישׂראל אל־מלך מצרים ואמרתם אליו יהוה אלהי העבריים נקרה עלינו ועתה נלכה־נא דרך שׁלשׁת ימים במדבר ונזבחה ליהוה אלהינו׃

Exo 3:18 TLT  And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Yehovah God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness [that is, the furthest distance you can walk if you wish to return in seven days,] that we may sacrifice to the Yehovah our God.

Exo 3:18 KJV  And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

 

7.      Construct format:

 Exo 5:3  ויאמרו אלהי העברים נקרא עלינו נלכה נא דרך שׁלשׁת ימים במדבר ונזבחה ליהוה אלהינו פן־יפגענו בדבר או בחרב׃

Exo 5:3 TLT  And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert [that is, the furthest distance you can walk if you wish to return in seven days,] and sacrifice unto the Yehovah our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Exo 5:3 KJV  And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

 

8.      Construct format:

Exo 8:27  (8:23) דרך שׁלשׁת ימים נלך במדבר וזבחנו ליהוה אלהינו כאשׁר יאמר אלינו׃

Exo 8:27 TLT  We will go three days' journey into the wilderness [that is, the furthest distance you can walk if you wish to return in seven days,] and sacrifice to the Yehovah our God, as he shall command us.

Exo 8:27 KJV  We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

 

9.      Construct format:

 Exo 10:23  לא־ראו אישׁ את־אחיו ולא־קמו אישׁ מתחתיו שׁלשׁת ימים ולכל־בני ישׂראל היה אור במושׁבתם׃

Exo 10:23 TLT  They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Exo 10:23 KJV  They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

 

10.  Construct format:

 Num 10:33  ויסעו מהר יהוה דרך שׁלשׁת ימים וארון ברית־יהוה נסע לפניהם דרך שׁלשׁת ימים לתור להם מנוחה׃

Num 10:33 TLT  And they pulled up from the mount of Yehovah three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of Yehovah went before them three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

Num 10:33 KJV  And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

 

11.  Construct format:

 Num 33:8  ויסעו מפני החירת ויעברו בתוך־הים המדברה וילכו דרך שׁלשׁת ימים במדבר אתם ויחנו במרה׃

Num 33:8 TLT  And they departed from Pihahiroth, the Mouth of the Gorges, and passed through the midst of the Sea of the Wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and they pitched in Marah.

Num 33:8 KJV  And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

 

12.  Construct format:

 Jos 1:11  עברו בקרב המחנה וצוו את־העם לאמר הכינו לכם צידה כי בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים אתם עברים את־הירדן הזה לבוא לרשׁת את־הארץ אשׁר יהוה אלהיכם נתן לכם לרשׁתה׃

Jos 1:11 TLT  Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within Three Days of the next set of seven days[7] ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Yehovah your God giveth you to possess it.

Jos 1:11 KJV  Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

 

13.  Construct format:

 Jos 2:16  ותאמר להם ההרה לכו פן־יפגעו בכם הרדפים ונחבתם שׁמה שׁלשׁת ימים עד שׁוב הרדפים ואחר תלכו לדרככם׃

Jos 2:16 TLT  And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there until number Three of seven Days[8] and until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

Jos 2:16 KJV  And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

 

14.  Construct format:

 Jos 2:22  וילכו ויבאו ההרה וישׁבו שׁם שׁלשׁת ימים עד־שׁבו הרדפים ויבקשׁו הרדפים בכל־הדרך ולא מצאו׃

Jos 2:22 TLT  And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there until number Three of seven Days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

Jos 2:22 KJV  And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

 

15.  Construct format:

 Jos 3:2  ויהי מקצה שׁלשׁת ימים ויעברו השׁטרים בקרב המחנה׃

Jos 3:2 TLT  And it came to pass after the beginning of number Three of seven Days, that the officers went through the host;

Jos 3:2 KJV  And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

 

16.  Construct format:

 Jos 9:16  ויהי מקצה שׁלשׁת ימים אחרי אשׁר־כרתו להם ברית וישׁמעו כי־קרבים הם אליו ובקרבו הם ישׁבים׃

Jos 9:16 TLT  And it came to pass after the beginning of number Three of seven Days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

Jos 9:16 KJV  And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

 

17.  Construct format:

 Jdg 19:4  ויחזק־בו חתנו אבי הנערה וישׁב אתו שׁלשׁת ימים ויאכלו וישׁתו וילינו שׁם׃

Jdg 19:4 TLT  And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him during number Three of seven Days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

Jdg 19:4 KJV  And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

 

18.  Construct format:

 2Sa 20:4  ויאמר המלך אל־עמשׂא הזעק־לי את־אישׁ־יהודה שׁלשׁת ימים ואתה פה עמד׃

2Sa 20:4 TLT  Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah on number Three of seven Days, and be thou here present.

2Sa 20:4 KJV  Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

 

19.  Construct format:

 2Sa 24:13  ויבא־גד אל־דוד ויגד־לו ויאמר לו התבוא לך שׁבע שׁנים רעב בארצך אם־שׁלשׁה חדשׁים נסך לפני־צריך והוא רדפך ואם־היות שׁלשׁת ימים דבר בארצך עתה דע וראה מה־אשׁיב שׁלחי דבר׃

2Sa 24:13 TLT  So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be a three day long pestilence in thy land at this time? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

2Sa 24:13 KJV  So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

 

20.  Construct format. Cf. 1 Kings 12:5 above!:

 2Ch 10:5  ויאמר אלהם עוד שׁלשׁת ימים ושׁובו אלי וילך העם׃

2Ch 10:5 TLT  And he said unto them, Come again unto me on number Three of seven days. And the people departed.

2Ch 10:5 KJV  And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.

 

 

21.  Construct format:

 Est 4:16  לך כנוס את־כל־היהודים הנמצאים בשׁושׁן וצומו עלי ואל־תאכלו ואל־תשׁתו שׁלשׁת ימים לילה ויום גם־אני ונערתי אצום כן ובכן אבוא אל־המלך אשׁר לא־כדת וכאשׁר אבדתי אבדתי׃

Est 4:16 TLT  Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink during number Three of the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, night and day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Est 4:16 KJV  Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building upon the above discoveries from the OT Scriptures, we are now prepared for a further analysis of the New Testament Hebrew Scriptures as available by means of Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew. I find that, without exception, the above discoveries confirm my prior discoveries re the Greek translations of the corresponding passages:

 

1.    Absolute indeterminate format. Allowing any three day sequence within time. Cf. above!:

 ST[9] Matt 12:40שכאשר היה במעי הדגה ג׳ ימים וג׳ לילות כן יהיה בן אדם בבטן הארץ ג׳ ימים וג׳ לילות בקבר.

Matt 12:40 GH  For as he was in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the belly of the earth, (buried) for three days and three nights.

 

2.    Construct format or ordinal number format. Both formats pointing to a specific day of the week. Cf. above!:

 ST Matt 15:32אז אמר יש״ו לתלמידיו יש לי רחמנות מהם שהם מיחלים אותי זה שני ימים שעברו ואין להם מה שיאכלו. ואיני רוצה להוליכם בתענית יען לא יחלשו בדרך.

Matt 15:32 TLT Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they are continuing with me this number Two of seven days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

 

3.    Absolute format. Not being written on the format “x days and x nights,” this passage also is a reference to a specific time of the week. Cf. above and at this link, and, for an in depth study, at this link!:

 ST Matt 17:1אתר ששה ימים לקח יש״ו לפייט״רוס וגם יעקב לעז גאימ״י ויוחנן אחיו ויוליכם אל הר גבוה משם להתפלל הוא.

Matt 17:1 TLT After number Six of seven days Jesus took Peter, James, that is, Jimi, and John his brother and brought them to a high mountain where he might pray.

Matt 17:1 GH After six days Jesus took Peter, James, that is, Jimi, and John his brother and brought them to a high mountain where he might pray.

 

4.    Construct format re cardinal numbers, and also an ordinal number! Cf. above and at this link!:

 ST Matt 26:2הלא תדעו שאחר שני ימים יהיה הפסח ובן האדם ימסר ביד היהודים לצליבה.

Matt 26:2 TLT Do you not know that after number Two of seven days [Monday evening after sunset] will be the Passover and the Son of Man will be delivered into the hand of the Jews for the gallows.

Matt 26:2 GH Do you not know that after two days will be the Passover and the Son of Man will be delivered into the hand of the Jews for the gallows.

 

5.    Absolute indeterminate format. Cf. above! Notice that these words were spoken on the Third Day of the seven day week!:

 ST Matt 26:61 זה אמר יש לי יכולת להשחית מקדש האל ואחר ג׳ ימים לתקן אותו.

Matt 26:61 TLT (They said): This one said I have the power to destroy the temple of God and after number Three of seven days to repair it.

Matt 26:61 GH (They said): This one said I have the power to destroy the temple of God and after three days to repair it.

 

6.    Absolute format. Cf. above and, re “בעוד,” this link!:

 ST Matt 27:40ואומרים ראח אפשר חרבת מקדש האל ובעוד שלשה ימים תושיע עצמך ואם אתה בן האל רד מן הצליבה.

Matt 27:40 TLT saying: See, (how) you would lay waste the temple of God and within number Three of next set of seven days (build it); save yourself; if you are the Son of God come down from the gallows.

Matt 27:40 GH saying: See, (how) you would lay waste the temple of God and in yet three days (build it); save yourself; if you are the Son of God come down from the gallows.

 

7.    Absolute  format. Cf. above and, re “לקץ,” this link!:

 ST Matt 27:63ואמרו לו אדוננו אנו מזכירים שזה השקרן היה אומר בעודו בחיים שלקץ שלשה ימים יעמוד ויחיה.

Matt 27:63 TLT They said to him: Sir, we remember that this liar said while still alive that towards the beginning of number Three of seven days he would arise and come to life.

Matt 27:63 GH They said to him: Sir, we remember that this liar said while still alive that at the end of three days he would arise and come to life.

 

 

 

 

 

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[1] As confirmed also within my article “When was Jordan Crossed?”

[2] As evidenced by a closer study of the dates within the Hebrew version of Book of Jasher, Chapter 82, and upon reviewing my article 1469BCE2ndMoon20thDayVs4thDayOfTheWeek, which dates seems most fittingly to fall into place if and when the tabernacle was finished by the beginning of Month seven of the Hebrew calendar, and while thereafter teach and preparing the priests for their tabernacle responsibilities over the winter months.

[3] Cf. footnote #1 above!

[4] Having previously (cf. the last prior version of this article!) suspected that: “the 40th day may be in reference to the beginning of the first month, Abib. That is, the Lord spoke to Noah on the 40th day after the beginning of the first month, and the rains began on day 40…”, I presently find more powerful inherent reason in perceiving a singular noun as indicating one specified day within any given reckoning of days, that is, a reckoning in terms of duration.

[5] All TLT translations re these first 15 numbered passages, and all flood of Noah related time stamp passages for comparison, added, reviewed, and checked so as to rule out obvious inherent contradictions while also adding improved sense and understanding to these passages, on 5938[v2016-12-14-21:32] 01 20 2035 [Friday May 3, 2019.]

[6] George Howard

[7] בעוד within בעוד שׁלשׁת ימים seems to be an expression pointing to the specified Numbered Day within the next set of seven days (cf. at item #3 above, Gen 40:13, 20, and also my article: ’When Was Jordan Crossed? – Date stamps of the Book of Joshua!’)

[8] Cf. footnote #6 just above, and Joshua 2:16 at this link!

[9] Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew