342
On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers
for each one. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams
vqp3cp
ncmsc ncms amdc Pa-ncms Pp+Pa-ams
6 -- +
Exod 16:22
On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but
they found none. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams
vqp3cp
Pp-Pa-ncms Pp-vqc Pc-Pn vqp3cp
- + 8 ? 6
Exod 16:27
On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the
elders of Israel; Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams
vqp3ms
np Pp-np Pc-Pp- ncmpcX3ms Pc-Pp-ampc np
- + 8
F ;
Lev 9:1
In the following two sections, the same type of temporal reference to months and years is expressed.
9.3.2.1.2.2.5 With
+ -
+
NUMBER
In the first month of the second year, on the first day of the
month, the tabernacle was erected.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp-ams Pp+Pa-
ncms vHp3ms Pa-ncms
- -
+ 8 3
Exod 40:17
In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck
Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the
Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams vqp3ms
np ncmsc-np ncmsc-np Pp- ncms Pa-ncfs Pc-afs ncmp PpX3ms
Pc-vhw3mp Po-np Pc-vqw3msXa Pc-Po-Pa-np Pc-Po-Pa-np Pr-
vqp3cp PpX3ms Pp-np
- 3 .
: G
;5 F
F 8 3
;5
2 Kgs 25:25
343
In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Elishama, of the royal family and one of the chief officers of
the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam. While they were eating bread together there in
Mizpah, Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams
vqp3ms
np ncmsc-np ncmsc-np Pp- ncms Pa-ncfs Pc-ncmpc Pa-ncms
Pc-afs ncmp PpX3ms Pp-np ncmsc- np Pa-npXd Pc-vqw3mp Pd ncms
Pd Pp-np
- 3 .
: F 4 3
3 G
;5 8 3
;
Jer 41:1
9.3.2.1.2.2.6 With Year Formulas Involving a Number
There are two basic shapes of these occurrences and the data below is organized accordingly:
1 + +
NUMBER
+ -
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of
the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah
removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the
surface of the ground was dried up.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afs Pc-afs-afp ncfs Pp+Pa-ams Pp-ams Pp+Pa-
ncms vqp3cp Pa-ncmp Pp-Pp Pa- ncbs Pc-vhw3msXa np Po-ncmsc
Pa-ncfs Pc-vqw3msXa Pc-Pi vqp3cp ncbpc Pa-ncfs
+ +
0 3 5
; 8
Gen 8:13
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month,
Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the
LORD had commanded him to give to them,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-abp ncfs Pp-afs- ams ncms Pp-ams Pp+Pa-ncms
vpp3ms
np Pp-ncmpc np Pp-ncms Pr vpp3ms np PoX3ms PpX3mp
F 5 8
; F
Deut 1:3
344
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan,
the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the
house of the LORD saying, Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afs afs ncfs
Pp+Pa-ncms np vqp3ms Pa-ncms Po-np ncmsc-np ncmsc-np Pa-ncms
ncmsc np Pp-vqc
; 4 3 F
4 3 8
I , E
2 Kgs 22:3
In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the
month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he
became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from
prison; Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-amp Pc-afs ncfs
Pp-ncfsc np ncms-np Pp-amd ams ncms Pp-amp Pc-ams Pp+Pa-ncms
vqp3ms
np ncms np Pp-ncfsc vqcX3ms Po-ncms np ncms-np Pp-
ncmsc ncms
+ C
? F
4 4 ; H
: F F
; ;
4 8
4 +
2 Kgs 25:27
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and
seized them. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afs afs ncfs
Pp+Pa-ncms np vqp3ms np ncms- np Pp ncmsc-ncfpc np Pa-vqsfp Pc-
vqw3msX3mp
4 3 F
- 4 8F
+ E
Isa 36:1
In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month,
Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign,
showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of
prison. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-amp Pc-afs ncfs
Pp-ncfsc np ncms-np Pp-amd ams ncms Pp-amp Pc-ams Pp+Pa-ncms
vqp3ms
np ncms np Pp-ncfsc ncfscX3ms Po-ncms np ncms-np
Pc-vhw3msXa PoX3ms Pp-ncmsc Pa-ncms Pa-ncms
+ C
? F
4 F
- F ;
; E 4
4 ; H :
4 +
8 ; +
;
Jer 52:31
345
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I
was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were
opened and I saw visions of God.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-amp ncfs Pp+Pa- ams Pp+Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pc-
pi1cs Pp-ncmsc-Pa-ncfs Pp-ncmsc- np vnp3cp Pa-ncmp Pc-vqw1cs
ncfpc ncmp
- ?
+G 4+ 8 ? : +
- 5
Ezek 1:1
In the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the
LORD came to me saying, Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afs-afs ncfs Pp-
ams Pp+Pa-ncms vqp3ms ncmsc-np PpX1cs Pp-vqc
F 5 8
Ezek 26:1
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the
month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-amp Pc-afs ncfs Pp+Pa-ams Pp-ams Pp+Pa-ncms
vqp3ms
ncmsc-np PpX1cs Pp-vqc
+ F
8
Ezek 29:17
In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the
month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afs afs ncfs Pp+Pa-ams Pp-ams Pp+Pa-ncms
vqp3ms
ncmsc-np PpX1cs Pp-vqc
+ F
8
Ezek 30:20
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month,
the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afs afs ncfs Pp+Pa-ams Pp-ams Pp+Pa-ncms
vqp3ms
ncmsc-np PpX1cs Pp-vqc
- F
8
Ezek 31:1
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month,
the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afdc afs ncfs Pp- amdc-ams ncms Pp-ams Pp+Pa-
ncms vqp3ms ncmsc-np PpX1cs Pp-vqc
F F 5
8
Ezek 32:1
346
In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word
of the LORD came to me saying, Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afdc afs ncfs
Pp+Pa-ams ams Pp+Pa-ncms vqp3ms
ncmsc-np PpX1cs Pp-vqc
- F 5
8 F
Ezek 32:17
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month,
the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city
has been taken.” Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-afdc afs ncfs
Pp+Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pp-ncfscX1cp vqp3ms-PpX1cs Pa-
ncms Pp-np Pp-vqc vHp3fs Pa-ncfs
F F 5
6 C
- 8
E
Ezek 33:21
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD
came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is
Chislev. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc afs Pp-np
Pa-ncms vqp3ms ncmsc-np Pp-np Pp-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp-np
4 3 8
5
Zech 7:1
2 + +
- +
NUMBER In the second year, in the second
month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from
over the tabernacle of the testimony;
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp-amp
Pp+Pa-ncms vnp3ms Pa-ncms Pp- Pp ncmsc Pa-ncfs
F -
- -
8 O
Num 10:11
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak the king of
Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp+Pa-ncms np vqp3ms np np
ncms-np Pp-np
4 3 -
8 4
1 Kgs 14:25
In the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not
repaired the damages of the house.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc amp Pc-afs ncfs Pp+Pa-ncms np Pn-vpp3cp Pa-
ncmp Po-ncms Pa-ncms
+ 4 3
? F 8
. ?
2 Kgs 12:7
347
In the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel,
Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc afs Pp-np ncmsc-np ncms np vqp3ms np
ncmsc-np ncms np
+ ?
8 4
4 F 4
2 Kgs 18:1
In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh
year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of
Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp+Pa-ncms np pi3fs Pa-ncfs Pa-afs
Pp-np ncmsc-np ncms np vqp3ms np ncms-np Pp-np Pc-vqw3msXa
PpX3fs
4 3 -
+ -
- F 4
8 +
- 4
2 Kgs 18:9
In the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall
all around it. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncfsc Pa-afs Pp-
vqcX3ms Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pp+Pa-ncms vqp3ms
np ncms-np pi3ms Pc-ncmsc- ncmscX3ms Pp-np Pc-vqw3msXa
PpX3fs Pc-vqw3mp PpX3fs ncms Pd
; 5
J E +F
F ;
4 8
2 Kgs 25:1
In King Rehoboams fifth year, because they had been unfaithful
to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs
Pp+Pa-ncms np vqp3ms np ncms- np Pp-np Pp vqp3cp Pp-np
4 3 -
4 8
2 Chr 12:2
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs Pp-np ncmsc-np ncms np vqp3ms
Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp-np Pp-Pp np Pp-vqc
+ -
. 4
; 8
Jer 36:1
348
In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in
the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people
who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed
a fast before the LORD. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs
Pp-np ncmsc-np ncms-np Pp+Pa- ncms Pa-ams vqp3cp ncms Pp-
ncbpc np ncmsc-Pa-ncms Pp-np Pc- ncmsc-Pa-ncms Pa-vqPmp Pp-ncfpc
np Pp-np
+ -
5 4
; +
8
Jer 36:9
In the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,
against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall
all around it. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs
Pp-vqcX3ms Pp+Pa-ncms Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pp+Pa-ncms vqp3ms
np ncms-np pi3ms Pc-ncmsc- ncmscX3ms Pp-np Pc-vqw3mp
PpX3fs Pc-vqw3mp PpX3fs ncms Pd
; 5
- J
+F F
; 4
8
Jer 52:4
In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month,
certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD,
and sat before me. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp+Pa-ncfs Pa-afs
Pp+Pa-ams Pp+Pa-ncms Pp+Pa- ncms vqp3cp ncmp Pp-ampc np Pp-
vqc Po-np Pc-vqw3mp Pp- ncmpcX1cs
- -
F . +F
8 ;
Ezek 20:1
One of the questions not addressed here is the possible narrative structuring function that temporal expressions like the preceding sets of data may have. This would
require extensive narrative analysis of each of the books from which these examples come and is beyond the scope of the present study.
349
9.3.2.1.2.2.7 With
