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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mušy-.
Pronunciation
Adverb
אֶמֶשׁ • (émesh) (plural אֲמָשִׁים)
- (formal) last night
Tanach, Genesis 19:34, with translation of the New International Version:וַֽיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַתֹּאמֶר הַבְּכִירָה אֶל־הַצְּעִירָה הֵן־שָׁכַבְתִּי אֶמֶשׁ אֶת־אָבִי נַשְׁקֶנּוּ יַיִן גַּם־הַלַּיְלָה וּבֹאִי שִׁכְבִי עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע- The next day the older daughter said to the younger, ' Last night I slept with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.'
- (formal) yesterday
- (archaic) darkness, night
References
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