What does דַּי (day) mean in the Bible?
דַּי (day): Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
Hebrew · H1767
דַּי
Enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
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דַּיH1767
Pronunciationday
What does דַּי (day) mean in the Bible?
דַּי (day): Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1767?
The BSB source-word alignment has 38 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (5), Whenever (5), enough (3), from (2), than enough (2).
Where does דַּי (day) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 36:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (6), Isaiah (5), Leviticus (4), 1 Samuel (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It. . .5×Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, 2 Kings 4:8, Jeremiah 51:58
Whenever5×1 Samuel 1:7, 1 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 12:11, Jeremiah 20:8
enough3×Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:28, Isaiah 40:16
from2×1 Samuel 7:16, Isaiah 66:23
than enough2×Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:7
[only] what they wanted1×Obadiah 1:5
and from1×Isaiah 66:23
As often as1×Isaiah 28:19
At1×Job 39:25
due1×2 Chronicles 24:5
enough for1×Nahum 2:12
Every time1×1 Samuel 18:30
have done our best1×Nehemiah 5:8
in1×Habakkuk 2:13
just what you need1×Proverbs 25:16
measure1×Malachi 3:10
of lashes1×Deuteronomy 25:2
only feeds1×Habakkuk 2:13
only what they wanted1×Jeremiah 49:9
resulting in much1×Esther 1:18
sufficient1×Isaiah 40:16
swarm1×Judges 6:5
Though I often1×Jeremiah 31:20
vvv1×Jeremiah 51:58
whatever1×Deuteronomy 15:8
You will have plenty1×Proverbs 27:27
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 36:5מִדֵּ֤יtothan enoughPreposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructExodus 36:7דַיָּ֛םtothan enoughNoun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralLeviticus 5:7דֵּ֣יto. . .Noun - masculine singular constructLeviticus 12:8דֵּ֣יto. . .Noun - masculine singular constructLeviticus 25:26כְּדֵ֥יtoenoughPreposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructLeviticus 25:28דֵּי֮toenoughNoun - masculine singular constructDeuteronomy 15:8דֵּ֚יtowhateverNoun - masculine singular constructDeuteronomy 25:2כְּדֵ֥יtoof lashesPreposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructJudges 6:5כְדֵֽי־toswarmPreposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct1 Samuel 1:7מִדֵּ֤יtoWheneverPreposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
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First aligned rowExodus 36:5
Aligned rows38
Books represented19
Exodus2Leviticus4Deuteronomy2Judges11 Samuel31 Kings12 Kings12 Chronicles2Nehemiah1Esther1Job1Proverbs2Isaiah5Jeremiah6Obadiah1Nahum1Habakkuk2Zechariah1Malachi1
Source forms
מִדֵּ֤י7xmid·dêExodus 36:5, 1 Samuel 1:7, 1 Samuel 7:16, 2 Chronicles 24:5
בְּדֵי־4xbə·ḏê-Jeremiah 51:58, Habakkuk 2:13
דֵּ֣י2xdêLeviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8
דֵּ֖י2xdêIsaiah 40:16
כְּדֵ֥י2xkə·ḏêLeviticus 25:26, Deuteronomy 25:2
מִדֵּ֣י2xmid·dê1 Samuel 18:30, 2 Kings 4:8
מִדֵּ֧י2xmid·dêJeremiah 48:27, Zechariah 14:16
מִדֵּי־2xmid·dê-1 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 12:11
Parsing patterns
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct14xExodus 36:5, 1 Samuel 1:7, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 18:30
Noun - masculine singular construct6xLeviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 25:28, Deuteronomy 15:8
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct6xJob 39:25, Jeremiah 51:58, Nahum 2:12, Habakkuk 2:13
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct4xLeviticus 25:26, Deuteronomy 25:2, Judges 6:5, Nehemiah 5:8
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural3xExodus 36:7, Jeremiah 49:9, Obadiah 1:5
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct1xProverbs 27:27
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct1xEsther 1:18
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct1xIsaiah 66:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
Source Gloss
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sufficiency marker that functions as preposition; denotes capacity, proportion, or limit rather than abundance.
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases BDB: sufficiency Usage: able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Moderation in consumption: eating honey only in sufficient quantity to avoid excess
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Word Origins
דַּי is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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