- Original: אמשׁ - Transliteration: 'emesh - Phonetic: eh'-mesh - Definition: 1. yesterday, last night 2. recently (fig.) - Origin: unknown derivation - TWOT entry: 120 - Part(s) of speech: Adverb - Strong's: Time past that is yesterday or last night: - former time yesterday (-night). Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • night, 3 Genesis 19:34; Genesis 31:29; Genesis 31:42 • time, 1 Job 30:3 • yesterday, 1 2 Kings 9:26