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
- Psalm 33:7הַיָּ֑ם · of the seaHe piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Psalm 46:2יַמִּֽים׃ · of the seasTherefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Psalm 65:5וְיָ֣ם · seasWith awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Psalm 65:7יַ֭מִּים · of the seasYou stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalm 66:6יָ֨ם׀ · the seaHe turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
- Psalm 68:22יָֽם׃ · of the seaThe Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
- Psalm 69:34יַ֝מִּ֗ים · the seasLet heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
- Psalm 72:8 (2×)מִיָּ֣ם · from sea; יָ֑ם · seaMay he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Psalm 74:13יָ֑ם · the seaYou divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- Psalm 77:19בַּיָּ֤ם · led through the seaYour path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Psalm 78:13יָ֭ם · the seaHe split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
- Psalm 78:27יַ֝מִּ֗ים · of the seaHe rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
- Psalm 78:53הַיָּֽם׃ · the seaHe led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
- Psalm 80:11יָ֑ם · the SeaIt sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
- Psalm 89:9הַיָּ֑ם · seaYou rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Psalm 89:25בַיָּ֣ם · over the seaI will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
- Psalm 93:4יָ֑ם · of the seaAbove the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic.
- Psalm 95:5הַ֭יָּם · The seaThe sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
- Psalm 96:11הַ֝יָּ֗ם · let the seaLet the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
- Psalm 98:7הַ֭יָּם · Let the seaLet the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- Psalm 104:25הַיָּ֥ם · is the seaHere is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
- Psalm 106:7 (2×)יָ֣ם · the sea; בְּיַם־ · SeaOur fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- Psalm 106:9בְּיַם־ · SeaHe rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Psalm 106:22יַם־ · Sea…wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- Psalm 107:3וּמִיָּֽם׃ · and south…and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
- Psalm 107:23הַ֭יָּם · out to seaOthers went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
- Psalm 114:3הַיָּ֣ם · The seaThe sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- Psalm 114:5הַ֭יָּם · O seaWhy was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
- Psalm 135:6בַּ֝יַּמִּ֗ים · in the seasThe LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
- Psalm 136:13יַם־ · SeaHe divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 136:15בְיַם־ · Sea…but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 139:9יָֽם׃ · seaIf I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
- Psalm 146:6הַיָּ֥ם · the sea…the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- Proverbs 8:29לַיָּ֨ם׀ · for the sea…when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Proverbs 23:34יָ֑ם · on the high seasYou will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
- Proverbs 30:19יָ֑ם · at sea…the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
- Ecclesiastes 1:7 (2×)הַיָּ֔ם · the sea; וְהַיָּ֖ם · yet the seaAll the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
- Isaiah 5:30יָ֑ם · of the seaIn that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Isaiah 9:1הַיָּם֙ · of the SeaNevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
- Isaiah 10:22הַיָּ֔ם · of the seaThough your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
- Isaiah 10:26הַיָּ֔ם · the seaAnd the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
- Isaiah 11:9לַיָּ֥ם · as the seaThey will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
- Isaiah 11:11הַיָּֽם׃ · of the seaOn that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 11:14יָ֔מָּה · to the westThey will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
- Isaiah 11:15יָם־ · of the SeaThe LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
- Isaiah 16:8יָֽם׃ · the seaFor the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
- Isaiah 17:12יַמִּ֖ים · seasAlas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.