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. Daniel 8:4יָ֨מָּה · toward the west
    I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
  2. Daniel 11:45יַמִּ֖ים · the sea
    He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.
  3. Hosea 1:10הַיָּ֔ם · of the sea
    Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  4. Hosea 4:3הַיָּ֖ם · of the sea
    Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
  5. Hosea 11:10מִיָּֽם׃ · from the west
    They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
  6. Joel 2:20 (2×)הַיָּם֙ · Sea; הַיָּ֣ם · Sea
    The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
  7. Amos 5:8הַיָּ֗ם · of the sea
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
  8. Amos 8:12 (2×)מִיָּ֣ם · from sea; יָ֔ם · sea
    People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
  9. Amos 9:3הַיָּ֔ם · the sea
    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
  10. Amos 9:6הַיָּ֗ם · of the sea
    He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
  11. Jonah 1:4 (2×)הַיָּ֔ם · the sea; בַּיָּ֑ם
    Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
  12. Jonah 1:5הַיָּ֔ם · the sea
    The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
  13. Jonah 1:9הַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
  14. Jonah 1:11 (2×)הַיָּ֖ם · this sea; הַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
  15. Jonah 1:12 (2×)הַיָּ֔ם · the sea; הַיָּ֖ם · so it
    “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
  16. Jonah 1:13הַיָּ֔ם · the sea
    Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
  17. Jonah 1:15 (2×)הַיָּ֑ם · the sea; הַיָּ֖ם · sea
    Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
  18. Jonah 2:3יַמִּ֔ים · of the seas
    For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
  19. Micah 7:12 (2×)וְיָ֥ם · from sea; מִיָּ֖ם · to sea
    On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
  20. Micah 7:19יָ֖ם · of the sea
    He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
  21. Nahum 1:4בַּיָּם֙ · the sea
    He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
  22. Nahum 3:8 (2×)יָ֔ם · was the sea; מִיָּ֖ם · was the water
    Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
  23. Habakkuk 1:14הַיָּ֑ם · of the sea
    You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
  24. Habakkuk 2:14יָֽם׃ס · the sea
    For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
  25. Habakkuk 3:8בַּיָּ֖ם · against the sea
    Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
  26. Habakkuk 3:15בַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
  27. Zephaniah 1:3הַיָּ֔ם · of the sea
    “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
  28. Zephaniah 2:5הַיָּ֖ם · the seacoast
    Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
  29. Zephaniah 2:6הַיָּ֗ם
    So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
  30. Haggai 2:6הַיָּ֖ם · the sea
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
  31. Zechariah 9:4בַיָּ֖ם · into the sea
    Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
  32. Zechariah 9:10 (2×)מִיָּ֣ם · from sea; יָ֔ם · sea
    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
  33. Zechariah 10:11 (2×)בַּיָּ֜ם · through the sea; בַיָּם֙ · of the sea
    They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
  34. Zechariah 14:4וָיָ֔מָּה · to west
    On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
  35. Zechariah 14:8 (2×)הַיָּם֙ · Sea; הַיָּ֣ם · Sea
    And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.