Definition of "yom" []

• Day; -- a Hebrew word used in the names of various Jewish feast days. (noun)

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• "Giving an example, he said that some faculty members believe that the Hebrew word yom (day) should be seen in Genesis as a literal 24-hour day."
• "The biblical exegete professor says that the Hebrew word "yom" when preceded by a number (1, 2 or 6) refers to a 24 hour cycle of the earth."
• "But then, I never had a problem with the idea that "yom" - the Hebrew word for "day" - can't also mean "eon," meaning that our observable universe was created in the space of six eons, each eon lasting... what's the current estimate?"