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).
Traditional renderings: sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
396 total
- 1 Kings 7:24הַיָּ֖ם · the SeaBelow the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 1 Kings 7:25 (2×)יָ֜מָּה · west; וְהַיָּ֥ם · [The Sea]The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- 1 Kings 7:39הַיָּ֗ם · the SeaHe set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
- 1 Kings 7:44 (2×)הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea; הַיָּֽם׃ · the Sea…the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
- 1 Kings 9:26יַם־ · SeaKing Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- 1 Kings 9:27הַיָּ֑ם · the seaAnd Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
- 1 Kings 10:22בַּיָּ֔ם · at seaFor the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 1 Kings 18:43יָ֔ם · the sea“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
- 1 Kings 18:44מִיָּ֑ם · from the seaOn the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
- 2 Kings 14:25יָ֣ם · the SeaThis Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
- 2 Kings 16:17הַיָּ֣ם · the SeaKing Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
- 2 Kings 25:13יָ֧ם · SeaMoreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:16הַיָּ֤ם · SeaAs for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
- 1 Chronicles 9:24יָ֖מָּה · westThe gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
- 1 Chronicles 16:32הַיָּם֙ · Let the seaLet the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
- 1 Chronicles 18:8יָ֤ם · SeaAnd from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
- 2 Chronicles 2:16יָ֣ם · seaWe will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
- 2 Chronicles 4:2הַיָּ֖ם · the SeaHe also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3הַיָּ֖ם · the SeaBelow the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 4:4 (2×)יָ֜מָּה · west; וְהַיָּ֥ם · [The Sea]The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- 2 Chronicles 4:6וְהַיָּ֕ם · the SeaHe also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
- 2 Chronicles 4:10הַיָּ֗ם · the SeaHe put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
- 2 Chronicles 4:15הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea…the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
- 2 Chronicles 8:17הַיָּ֖םThen Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2לַיָּ֖ם · the SeaThen some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
- Ezra 3:7יָ֣ם · by seaThey gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
- Nehemiah 9:6הַיַּמִּים֙ · the seasYou alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- Nehemiah 9:9יַם־ · SeaYou saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Nehemiah 9:11 (2×)וְהַיָּם֙ · the sea; הַיָּ֖ם · itYou divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- Esther 10:1הַיָּֽם׃Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
- Job 6:3יַמִּ֣ים · of the seasFor then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
- Job 7:12הֲֽיָם־ · the seaAm I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
- Job 9:8יָֽם׃ · of the seaHe alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Job 11:9יָֽם׃ · than the seaTheir measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
- Job 12:8הַיָּֽם׃ · of the seaOr speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
- Job 14:11יָ֑ם · the seaAs water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
- Job 26:12הַיָּ֑ם · the seaBy His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
- Job 28:14וְיָ֥ם · while the seaThe ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
- Job 36:30הַיָּ֣ם · of the seaSee how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
- Job 38:8יָ֑ם · the seaWho enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- Job 38:16יָ֑ם · of the seaHave you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
- Job 41:31יָ֝֗ם · the seaHe makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
- Psalm 8:8 (2×)הַיָּ֑ם · of the sea; יַמִּֽים׃ · of the seas…the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
- Psalm 24:2יַמִּ֣ים · the seasFor He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.