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HebrewH3220Noun (Masculine)

יָם

yam

321Occurrences
H3220Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

from an unused root meaning to roar;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean b) Red c) Dead d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

יָם appears 321 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
52
Joshua
41
Exodus
28
Isaiah
28
Psalms
25
Jeremiah
17
Numbers
17
Deuteronomy
12

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:32BSB

Let the sea resound,and all that fills it;let the fields exult,and all that is in them.

Exodus 15:4BSB

Pharaoh’s chariots and armyHe has cast into the sea;the finest of his officersare drowned in the Red Sea.

Ezk 48:28BSB

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Jeremiah 50:42BSB

They grasp the bow and spear;they are cruel and merciless.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,lined up like men in formationagainst you, O Daughter of Babylon.

Joshua 8:13BSB

So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.