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[g] 3. עֶ֫צֶם bone (then metaphorically for substance) expresses the idea of self, selfsame, very same, in reference to things (as נֶ֫פֶשׁ to persons, e.g. בְּעֶ֫צֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה in the selfsame day, Gn 7, cf. Jos 10, Ez 24; כְּעֶ֫צֶם הַשָּׁמַ֫יִם לָטֹהַר as it were the very heaven for clearness, Ex 24; בְּעֶ֫צֶם תֻּמּוֹ in the very fullness of his strength (= in the midst of his full strength), Jb 21.
[h] 4. The simple plural of words denoting time sometimes includes also the idea of a few, some;[1] thus יָמִים a few days, Gn 24, 40 (here even of a longer period, = for some time); Is 65, Dn 8 (on the other hand, Gn 27, 29 יָמִים אֲחָדִים; see § 96 under אֶחָד); שָׁנִים some years, Dn 11, 8.
