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

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Occurrences

396 total
  1. Exodus 36:32יָֽמָּה׃ · to the west
    …five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
  2. Exodus 38:12יָ֗ם · The west
    The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
  3. Leviticus 11:9בַּיַּמִּ֛ים · whether in the seas
    Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
  4. Leviticus 11:10בַּיַּמִּים֙ · in the seas
    But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
  5. Numbers 2:18יָ֑מָּה · On the west side
    On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
  6. Numbers 3:23יָֽמָּה׃ · on the west
    The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
  7. Numbers 11:22הַיָּ֛ם · in the sea
    If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
  8. Numbers 11:31הַיָּם֒ · the sea
    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
  9. Numbers 13:29הַיָּ֔ם · the sea
    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
  10. Numbers 14:25יַם־ · Sea
    Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  11. Numbers 21:4יַם־ · Sea
    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
  12. Numbers 33:8הַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
  13. Numbers 33:10יַם־ · Sea
    They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
  14. Numbers 33:11מִיַּם־ · Sea
    They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
  15. Numbers 34:3יָם־ · Sea
    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
  16. Numbers 34:5הַיָּֽמָּה׃ · at the Sea
    …where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
  17. Numbers 34:6 (3×)יָ֔ם · western; הַיָּ֥ם · Sea; יָֽם׃ · on the west
    Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
  18. Numbers 34:7הַיָּם֙ · Sea
    Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
  19. Numbers 34:11יָם־ · of the Sea
    …then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
  20. Numbers 34:12יָ֣ם · Sea
    Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
  21. Numbers 35:5יָ֣ם׀ · on the west
    You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
  22. Deuteronomy 1:7הַיָּ֑ם · and along the seacoast
    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
  23. Deuteronomy 1:40יַם־ · Sea
    But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  24. Deuteronomy 2:1יַם־ · Sea
    Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
  25. Deuteronomy 3:17 (2×)יָ֤ם · the Sea; יָ֣ם · (the Salt Sea
    The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
  26. Deuteronomy 3:27יָ֧מָּה · to the west
    Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
  27. Deuteronomy 4:49יָ֣ם · the Sea
    …including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
  28. Deuteronomy 11:4יַם־ · Sea
    …what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
  29. Deuteronomy 11:24הַיָּ֣ם · Sea
    Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
  30. Deuteronomy 30:13 (2×)לַיָּ֖ם · the sea; הַיָּם֙ · the sea
    And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
  31. Deuteronomy 33:19יַמִּים֙ · of the seas
    They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
  32. Deuteronomy 33:23יָ֥ם · of the sea
    Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
  33. Deuteronomy 34:2הַיָּ֥ם · Sea
    …all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
  34. Joshua 1:4הַיָּ֥ם · Sea
    Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
  35. Joshua 2:10יַם־ · Sea
    For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
  36. Joshua 3:16 (2×)יָ֧ם · the Sea; יָם־ · the Salt Sea
    …the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
  37. Joshua 4:23לְיַם־ · Sea
    For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
  38. Joshua 5:1 (2×)יָ֗מָּה · west of; הַיָּ֔ם · the coast
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  39. Joshua 8:9מִיָּ֣ם · to the west
    So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
  40. Joshua 8:12מִיָּ֥ם · to the west
    Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
  41. Joshua 8:13מִיָּ֣ם · to the west
    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.
  42. Joshua 9:1הַיָּ֣ם · Sea
    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
  43. Joshua 11:2מִיָּֽם׃ · to the west
    …to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
  44. Joshua 11:3וּמִיָּ֔ם · and west
    …to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.