יָם
yâm · yawm
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
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to roar;
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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
396 occurrences · 396 OT · 0 NT · 124 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the sea70 · 23%
- sea64 · 21%
- the sea37 · 12%
- westward19 · 6%
- into the sea12 · 4%
- of the seas12 · 4%
- unto the west11 · 4%
- and the sea8 · 3%
- by the sea6 · 2%
- on the west6 · 2%
- to the sea5 · 2%
- over the sea5 · 2%
- in the seas5 · 2%
- in the sea5 · 2%
- from the sea5 · 2%
- even unto the sea4 · 1%
- on the west side4 · 1%
- toward the west4 · 1%
- unto the sea4 · 1%
- from the west3 · 1%
- toward the sea3 · 1%
- like the sea3 · 1%
- to sea3 · 1%
- let the sea3 · 1%
- and westward2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.