Occurrences
ʼemesh occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 2 Kings (1), Job (1)
- Genesis 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me (אֶ֣מֶשׁ) yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- 2 Kings 9:26 — Surely I have seen yesterday (אֶ֙מֶשׁ֙) the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
- Job 30:3 — For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time (אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ) desolate and waste.