There are several different meanings for the word "Day" an example of this could be " Back in my Grandfather's day(1), it took twelve day's(2) to drive across the country during the day(3)"
1) the word day refers to an era
2) the word day - accompanied by a number - refers to 24hrs
3) the word day refers to the period of daylight hours
so the word "day", differs with context, but to specific rule's
"A Hebrew & English Lexicon of the OT" - Brown, Driver & Briggs, Oxford 1951 p398 - gives the meaning of "Yom" in concordance with these rules, defining the creation day's of Genesis1as ordinary days under the heading " day defined by evening and morning" and the fact that the word"Yom" is attached with a number. The term "evening and morning" along with a number is used in Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23 &31 to define the day's of creation.
outside Genesis1, Yom is used with a number 359 times, each time referring to an ordinary 24hr period; Why would Gen1 be an exception?
Also, outside of Genesis1, "Yom" is used with the word 'evening' and ' morning' 23 times. 'evening' and 'morning' appear in association, but without "Yom", 38 times. All 61 times the text refers to a 24 hr ordinary day. Why would Genesis 1 be an exception to these rules?
In Genesis 1:5 , "Yom" occurs in context with the word "night". outside of Genesis1, " night" is used with Yom 53 times, each time the text refers to a 24hr period; Why would Genesis1 be the exception?
The plural of "Yom" which does not appear in Genesis1 is often used to communicate a longer period of time.
There are words in the Biblical Hebrew Dictionary that communicate long or indefinite periods of time, such as, "Olam" and "Qedem", though suitable for Genesis1, neither were used, confirming that the meaning of "Yom" in Genesis1 was a 24hr period, one ordinary day
Is this not Common Sense
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