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. Psalm 33:7הַיָּ֑ם · of the sea
    He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
  2. Psalm 46:2יַמִּֽים׃ · of the seas
    Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
  3. Psalm 65:5וְיָ֣ם · seas
    With 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.
  4. Psalm 65:7יַ֭מִּים · of the seas
    You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
  5. Psalm 66:6יָ֨ם׀ · the sea
    He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
  6. Psalm 68:22יָֽם׃ · of the sea
    The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
  7. Psalm 69:34יַ֝מִּ֗ים · the seas
    Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
  8. Psalm 72:8 (2×)מִיָּ֣ם · from sea; יָ֑ם · sea
    May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
  9. Psalm 74:13יָ֑ם · the sea
    You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
  10. Psalm 77:19בַּיָּ֤ם · led through the sea
    Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
  11. Psalm 78:13יָ֭ם · the sea
    He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
  12. Psalm 78:27יַ֝מִּ֗ים · of the sea
    He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
  13. Psalm 78:53הַיָּֽם׃ · the sea
    He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
  14. Psalm 80:11יָ֑ם · the Sea
    It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
  15. Psalm 89:9הַיָּ֑ם · sea
    You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
  16. Psalm 89:25בַיָּ֣ם · over the sea
    I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
  17. Psalm 93:4יָ֑ם · of the sea
    Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic.
  18. Psalm 95:5הַ֭יָּם · The sea
    The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
  19. Psalm 96:11הַ֝יָּ֗ם · let the sea
    Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
  20. Psalm 98:7הַ֭יָּם · Let the sea
    Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
  21. Psalm 104:25הַיָּ֥ם · is the sea
    Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
  22. Psalm 106:7 (2×)יָ֣ם · the sea; בְּיַם־ · Sea
    Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
  23. Psalm 106:9בְּיַם־ · Sea
    He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
  24. Psalm 106:22יַם־ · Sea
    …wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  25. Psalm 107:3וּמִיָּֽם׃ · and south
    …and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
  26. Psalm 107:23הַ֭יָּם · out to sea
    Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
  27. Psalm 114:3הַיָּ֣ם · The sea
    The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
  28. Psalm 114:5הַ֭יָּם · O sea
    Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
  29. Psalm 135:6בַּ֝יַּמִּ֗ים · in the seas
    The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
  30. Psalm 136:13יַם־ · Sea
    He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
  31. Psalm 136:15בְיַם־ · Sea
    …but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
  32. Psalm 139:9יָֽם׃ · sea
    If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
  33. Psalm 146:6הַיָּ֥ם · the sea
    …the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
  34. 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.
  35. Proverbs 23:34יָ֑ם · on the high seas
    You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
  36. 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.
  37. Ecclesiastes 1:7 (2×)הַיָּ֔ם · the sea; וְהַיָּ֖ם · yet the sea
    All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
  38. Isaiah 5:30יָ֑ם · of the sea
    In 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.
  39. Isaiah 9:1הַיָּם֙ · of the Sea
    Nevertheless, 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:
  40. Isaiah 10:22הַיָּ֔ם · of the sea
    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
  41. Isaiah 10:26הַיָּ֔ם · the sea
    And 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.
  42. Isaiah 11:9לַיָּ֥ם · as the sea
    They 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.
  43. Isaiah 11:11הַיָּֽם׃ · of the sea
    On 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.
  44. Isaiah 11:14יָ֔מָּה · to the west
    They 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.
  45. Isaiah 11:15יָם־ · of the Sea
    The 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.
  46. Isaiah 16:8יָֽם׃ · the sea
    For 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.
  47. Isaiah 17:12יַמִּ֖ים · seas
    Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.