ye.rach denotes a month as a calendrical period, used for dates, durations, and counted intervals.

The attested usage denotes a calendrical month or months: it marks named months in dated events, measures periods of time, and appears in plural expressions for counted or remembered intervals.

1. Calendrical month or measured period · dominant

   Construct singular forms mark dated or measured periods: in 1 Kings 6:37 the APB renders the founding as occurring “in the month of Ziv,” while in 2 Kings 15:13 it renders a reign as “a month of days.” Plural forms occur in counted and descriptive intervals: in Exodus 2:2 the APB renders “three months,” and in Job 7:3 it renders “months of emptiness.”

   1 Kings 6:371 Kings 6:381 Kings 8:22 Kings 15:13Exodus 2:2Job 7:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the temporal use with “month” or “months,” including named and numbered months and measured durations. In Isaiah 60:20 it uses “moon,”, so that verse does not isolate the lemma’s specific contribution.