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. 1 Kings 7:24הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea
    Below 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 Kings 7:39הַיָּ֗ם · the Sea
    He 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.
  4. 1 Kings 7:44 (2×)הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea; הַיָּֽם׃ · the Sea
    …the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
  5. 1 Kings 9:26יַם־ · Sea
    King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
  6. 1 Kings 9:27הַיָּ֑ם · the sea
    And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
  7. 1 Kings 10:22בַּיָּ֔ם · at sea
    For 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.
  8. 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.”
  9. 1 Kings 18:44מִיָּ֑ם · from the sea
    On 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.’”
  10. 2 Kings 14:25יָ֣ם · the Sea
    This 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.
  11. 2 Kings 16:17הַיָּ֣ם · the Sea
    King 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.
  12. 2 Kings 25:13יָ֧ם · Sea
    Moreover, 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.
  13. 2 Kings 25:16הַיָּ֤ם · Sea
    As 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.
  14. 1 Chronicles 9:24יָ֖מָּה · west
    The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
  15. 1 Chronicles 16:32הַיָּם֙ · Let the sea
    Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
  16. 1 Chronicles 18:8יָ֤ם · Sea
    And 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.
  17. 2 Chronicles 2:16יָ֣ם · sea
    We 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.”
  18. 2 Chronicles 4:2הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea
    He 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.
  19. 2 Chronicles 4:3הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea
    Below 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 2 Chronicles 4:6וְהַיָּ֕ם · the Sea
    He 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.
  22. 2 Chronicles 4:10הַיָּ֗ם · the Sea
    He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
  23. 2 Chronicles 4:15הַיָּ֖ם · the Sea
    …the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
  24. 2 Chronicles 8:17הַיָּ֖ם
    Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
  25. 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.
  26. 2 Chronicles 20:2לַיָּ֖ם · the Sea
    Then 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).
  27. Ezra 3:7יָ֣ם · by sea
    They 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.
  28. Nehemiah 9:6הַיַּמִּים֙ · the seas
    You 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.
  29. Nehemiah 9:9יַם־ · Sea
    You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
  30. Nehemiah 9:11 (2×)וְהַיָּם֙ · the sea; הַיָּ֖ם · it
    You 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.
  31. Esther 10:1הַיָּֽם׃
    Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
  32. Job 6:3יַמִּ֣ים · of the seas
    For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
  33. Job 7:12הֲ‍ֽיָם־ · the sea
    Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
  34. Job 9:8יָֽם׃ · of the sea
    He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
  35. Job 11:9יָֽם׃ · than the sea
    Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
  36. Job 12:8הַיָּֽם׃ · of the sea
    Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
  37. Job 14:11יָ֑ם · the sea
    As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
  38. Job 26:12הַיָּ֑ם · the sea
    By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
  39. Job 28:14וְיָ֥ם · while the sea
    The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
  40. Job 36:30הַיָּ֣ם · of the sea
    See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
  41. Job 38:8יָ֑ם · the sea
    Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
  42. Job 38:16יָ֑ם · of the sea
    Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
  43. Job 41:31יָ֝֗ם · the sea
    He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
  44. 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.
  45. Psalm 24:2יַמִּ֣ים · the seas
    For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.