יָם

yamsea
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine396 occurrences35 books339 verses
This word comes from the name of Mount Ephron.

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Glossary entries

Ephron (Place)

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

396 total
  1. Genesis 1:10יַמִּ֑ים · seas
    God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  2. Genesis 1:22בַּיַּמִּ֔ים · of the seas
    Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
  3. Genesis 1:26הַיָּ֜ם · of the sea
    Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
  4. Genesis 1:28הַיָּם֙ · of the sea
    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
  5. Genesis 9:2הַיָּ֖ם · of the sea
    The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
  6. Genesis 12:8מִיָּם֙ · to the west
    From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
  7. Genesis 13:14וָיָֽמָּה׃ · and west
    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
  8. Genesis 14:3יָ֥ם · Sea
    The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
  9. Genesis 22:17הַיָּ֑ם
    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  10. Genesis 28:14יָ֥מָּה · to the west
    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  11. Genesis 32:12הַיָּ֔ם · of the sea
    But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
  12. Genesis 41:49הַיָּ֖ם · of the sea
    So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
  13. Genesis 49:13יַמִּ֖ים
    Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
  14. Exodus 10:19 (2×)יָם֙ · west; יָ֣מָּה · Sea
    And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
  15. Exodus 13:18יַם־ · Sea
    So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
  16. Exodus 14:2 (2×)הַיָּ֑ם · and the sea; הַיָּֽם׃ · the sea
    “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
  17. Exodus 14:9הַיָּ֔ם · the sea
    The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
  18. Exodus 14:16 (2×)הַיָּ֖ם · the sea; הַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
  19. Exodus 14:21 (3×)הַיָּם֒ · the sea; הַ֠יָּם · the sea; הַיָּ֖ם · [it]
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  20. Exodus 14:22הַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    …and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  21. Exodus 14:23הַיָּֽם׃ · the sea
    And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
  22. Exodus 14:26הַיָּ֑ם · the sea
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
  23. Exodus 14:27 (3×)הַיָּ֗ם · the sea; הַיָּ֜ם · the sea; הַיָּֽם׃ · the sea
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
  24. Exodus 14:28בַּיָּ֑ם · into the sea
    The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
  25. Exodus 14:29הַיָּ֑ם · the sea
    But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
  26. Exodus 14:30הַיָּֽם׃
    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
  27. Exodus 15:1בַיָּֽם׃ · into the sea
    Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
  28. Exodus 15:4 (2×)בַיָּ֑ם · into the sea; בְיַם־ · Sea
    Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
  29. Exodus 15:8יָֽם׃ · of the sea
    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
  30. Exodus 15:10יָ֑ם · and the sea
    But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  31. Exodus 15:19 (3×)בַּיָּ֔ם · into the sea; הַיָּ֑ם · of the sea; הַיָּֽם׃פ · the sea
    For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
  32. Exodus 15:21בַיָּֽם׃ס · into the sea
    And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
  33. Exodus 15:22מִיַּם־ · Sea
    Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
  34. Exodus 20:11הַיָּם֙ · and the sea
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
  35. Exodus 23:31 (2×)מִיַּם־ · Sea; יָ֣ם · the Sea
    And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
  36. Exodus 26:22יָ֑מָּה · the west side
    Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
  37. Exodus 26:27יָֽמָּה׃ · to the west
    …five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
  38. Exodus 27:12יָ֔ם · on the west
    The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
  39. Exodus 36:27יָ֑מָּה · the west side
    He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,