Afternoon
Afternoon
( , netoth ha-yom, the days declining, Jdg 19:8, as in the margin). The Hebrews, in conformity with the Mosaic law, reckoned the day from evening to evening, and divided it into six unequal parts:
1. The break of day. 2. The morning, or sunrise.
3. The heat of the day. It begins about nine oclock (Gen 18:1; 1Sa 11:11).
4. Midday.
5. The cool of the day, literally the wind of the day, from the fact that in Eastern countries a wind commences blowing regularly for a few hours before sunset, and continues till evening.
6. The evening. See DAY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Afternoon
af-ter-noon ( , netoth ha-yom, the declining of the day; Jdg 19:8 the King James Version): The expression , kehom ha-yom, in the heat of the day (Gen 18:1) refers to the early afternoon when the sun is a little past its zenith, its rays still being very strong. The phrase , le-ruah ha-yom, in the cool of the day (Gen 3:8) is in contrast to the last phrase and points to the late afternoon; in the Orient a cooling breeze arises at this period of the day, and it is then that much of the day’s business is transacted. See DAY.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Afternoon
This occurs but once in the A.V. and is the translation of words which signify ‘the day declined,’ as it reads in the margin. Jdg 19:8.