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Lexicon :: Strong's H3220 - yām

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יָם
Transliteration
yām
Pronunciation
yawm
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to roar
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TWOT Reference: 871a

Strong’s Definitions

יָם yâm, yawm; 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:—sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 396x

The KJV translates Strong's H3220 in the following manner: sea (321x), west (47x), westward (21x), west side (4x), seafaring men (1x), south (1x), western (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 396x
The KJV translates Strong's H3220 in the following manner: sea (321x), west (47x), westward (21x), west side (4x), seafaring men (1x), south (1x), western (1x).
  1. sea

    1. Mediterranean Sea

    2. Red Sea

    3. Dead Sea

    4. Sea of Galilee

    5. sea (general)

    6. mighty river (Nile)

    7. the sea (the great basin in the temple court)

    8. seaward, west, westward

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָם yâm, yawm; 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:—sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
STRONGS H3220: Abbreviations
יָם 390 noun masculineExodus 14:27 sea (Phoenician ים; Arabic bdb041005; Palmyrene בימא on the sea, VogNo. 79; on Assyrian iâmu, (āmu), sea, see DlHWB 307 M-ACD 52 HptBAS i. 171 n.) — absolute יָם 1 Samuel 13:5 +; יָ֫מָּה Genesis 28:14 +; construct יָם Genesis 14:3 + 23 times, also יָ֫מָּה סוּף Exodus 10:19, but always יַםסֿוּף Exodus 13:18 + 22 times; suffix יַמָּהּ Jeremiah 51:36; plural יַמִּים Judges 5:17 + 29 times; — sea: especially
1. Mediterranean Numbers 13:29 (E), Numbers 34:5 (P), Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 5:1; 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9] (twice in verse); Jonah 1:4 (twice in verse) + often; the Mediterranean is called also הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל Numbers 34:6, Numbers 34:7; Joshua 15:12, Joshua 15:47; Ezekiel 48:28 +, compare וּרְחַב יָדַיִם גּ׳ הַיּ׳ Psalm 104:25; מְבוֺא הַיָּם חַגּ׳ הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Joshua 1:4; Joshua 23:4 (see Assyrian name of Mediterranean tiamtu rabitu ša sulmu šamši, etc., SchrNamender Meere. 171 ff.); אֶלמֿוּל הַלְּבָנוֺן הַגּ׳ הַיּ׳ Joshua 9:1; הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיּ׳ the hinder sea Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 34:2; Zechariah 14:8; Joel 2:20 (in the last two opposed to הַקַּדְמֹנִי הַיּ׳, see below); of Mediterranean in particular part פְּלִשְׁתּים יָם Exodus 23:31 (JE); יָם יָפוֺ 2 Chronicles 2:15 [2 Chronicles 2:16] = יָם יָפוֺא Ezra 3:7. ** Of Mediterranean in plural Daniel 11:45 [compare 8 d] Hi Ke Meinh Bev Dr (world-encircling seas Behrm).
2. יַםסֿוּף 'Red Sea' (see סוּף) Exodus 13:18 (compare Exodus 10:19), Exodus 15:4; Numbers 14:25; Deuteronomy 1:40; Joshua 2:10; Judges 11:16 + often; also הַיָּם Exodus 14:2 (twice in verse); Exodus 14:9; Isaiah 51:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 63:11 +; probably also יָםמִֿצְרַיִם Isaiah 11:15; 'Red Sea' named or referred to approximately + 66 times; יִםסֿוּף clearly of Ælanitic Gulf 1 Kings 9:26 (compare 2 Chronicles 8:17).
3. Dead Sea, יָם מֶלַח sea of salt Genesis 14:3; Numbers 34:3, Numbers 34:12; Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 15:2, Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19; יָם הָעֲרָבָה Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; 2 Kings 14:25; הַקַּדְמֹנִי הַי׳ Ezekiel 47:18; Zechariah 14:8; Joel 2:20 (see above); simply יָם Isaiah 16:8; Jeremiah 48:32; — in יָם יַעְזֵר Jeremiah 48:32 יָם is textual error, strike out with Gf Gr Che Gie.
4. Sea of Galilee יָם כִּנֶּרֶת Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27; יָם כִּנְּרוֺת Joshua 12:3; simply יָם Deuteronomy 33:23.
5. more generally sea, opposed to earth and (or) sky Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:2 (P), Exodus 20:11 (E), Haggai 2:6 +often Job, Psalms, Isaiah2 etc.; Amos 6:12 read בַּבָּקָר יָם for בקרים (see בָּקָר); sea as under earth Psalm 24:2 (compare Genesis 1:10; Genesis 6:11; Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:3); figurative of flood of invaders, עָלָה עַלבָּֿבֶל הַיָּם Jeremiah 51:42.
6. of a mighty river, the Nile Nahum 3:8 (twice in verse); Isaiah 19:5 (|| נָהָר); compare הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם Isaiah 27:1 and כַּתַּנִּים בַּיַּמִּים Ezekiel 32:2 (simile of Pharaoh); of Euphrates Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 51:36 (according to Che Gf and others; Isaiah 21:1 perhaps better of Persian Gulf, see Di).
7. the great basin in temple-court, called the sea: וַיַּעַשׂ אֶתהַֿיָּם מוּצָק 1 Kings 7:23 2 Chronicles 4:2; יָם הַנְּחשֶׁת 2 Kings 25:13; 1 Chronicles 18:8; Jeremiah 52:17; הַיָּם alone 1 Kings 7:24, 1 Kings 7:25 + 10 times Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 52:20.
8. combinations are:
a. shore of sea, sea-shore שְׂפַת הַיָּם Joshua 11:4; 1 Kings 5:9, and in simile Genesis 22:17; Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; חוֺף הַי׳ Joshua 9:1; Ezekiel 25:16; חוֺף יַמִּים Genesis 49:13; Judges 5:17; compare חֶבֶל הַיָּם Zephaniah 2:5 region by the sea; so Zephaniah 2:6 but dubious, see I. חֶבֶל 3.
b. sand of the sea (shore) חוֺל הַיָּם (in simile) Genesis 32:13 [Genesis 32:12]; Genesis 41:49; Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Isaiah 10:22 + often (see חוֺל); חוֺל גְּבוּל לַיָּם Jeremiah 5:22.
c. לְשׁוֺן הַיָּם tongue (arm or gulf) of sea Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19; Isaiah 11:15.
d. מִיָּם עַדיָֿם Amos 8:12; Zechariah 9:10; Psalm 72:8, compare Micah 7:12; Zechariah 14:8 (twice in verse); Joel 2:20 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:45.
9. = (west, west-word (originally sea-ward, from position of Mediterranean with reference to Palestine, and this sense still often perceptible): with other three points of compass Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (J), Numbers 2:18; Numbers 35:5 (P), Deuteronomy 3:27; 1 Kings 7:25; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Chronicles 4:4; Ezekiel 42:19 + 6 times Ezekiel; Zechariah 14:4; Daniel 8:4; Psalm 107:3 (מִמִּזְרָח וּמִמַּעֲרָב מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם; but read perhaps וּמִיָּמִן from the south, Hu Pe Bi Che); opposed to east Joshua 11:2; Joshua 16:6 + 16 times Ezekiel 48; west alone Genesis 12:8 (J); רוּהַ יָם Exodus 10:19 (J) west wind; מִיָּם לְ westward Joshua 8:9, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:13 +; יָ֫מָּה westward, often of tabernacle Exodus 26:22, Exodus 26:27; Numbers 3:23Joshua 5:1; Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:10 etc., + often Ezekiel; דֶּרֶךְ הַיָּם = westward Ezekiel 41:12; גְּבוּל יָם western border Numbers 34:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:2; פְּאַת־יָם west side Exodus 27:12; Exodus 38:12; Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:14; דרך פְּאַת הים Ezekiel 41:12 (see further פאה).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3221.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:10; 1:26; 1:28; 6:11; 9:2; 12:8; 13:14; 14:3; 14:3; 22:17; 28:14; 28:14; 32:12; 41:49; 49:13

Exodus

10:19; 10:19; 10:19; 13:18; 13:18; 14:2; 14:9; 14:27; 15:4; 20:5; 20:11; 23:31; 26:22; 26:27; 27:12; 38:12

Numbers

2:18; 3:23; 13:29; 14:25; 34:3; 34:5; 34:6; 34:6; 34:7; 34:11; 34:12; 35:5; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:7; 1:40; 3:17; 3:17; 3:27; 4:49; 5:3; 11:24; 33:23; 34:2

Joshua

1:4; 2:10; 3:16; 3:16; 5:1; 5:1; 8:9; 8:12; 8:13; 9:1; 9:1; 11:2; 11:4; 12:3; 12:3; 12:3; 13:27; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 15:5; 15:8; 15:10; 15:12; 15:47; 16:6; 18:14; 18:19; 18:19; 23:4

Judges

5:17; 5:17; 7:12; 11:16

1 Samuel

13:5; 13:5

1 Kings

5:9; 5:9; 7:23; 7:24; 7:25; 7:25; 9:26

2 Kings

14:25; 25:13

1 Chronicles

9:24; 18:8

2 Chronicles

2:16; 4:2; 4:4; 8:17

Ezra

3:7

Psalms

24:2; 72:8; 104:25; 107:3

Isaiah

10:22; 11:15; 11:15; 16:8; 19:5; 21:1; 21:1; 27:1; 51:10; 63:11

Jeremiah

5:22; 48:32; 48:32; 51:36; 51:36; 51:42; 52:17; 52:20

Ezekiel

25:16; 32:2; 41:12; 41:12; 42:19; 47:18; 48; 48:28

Daniel

8:4; 11:45; 11:45

Hosea

1:10

Joel

2:20; 2:20; 2:20

Amos

6:12; 8:12

Jonah

1:4

Micah

7:12

Nahum

3:8

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:6

Haggai

2:6

Zechariah

9:10; 14:4; 14:8; 14:8; 14:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3220 matches the Hebrew יָם (yām),
which occurs 396 times in 339 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (Jos 17:10–Ezr 3:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea H3220 was [fn]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north and went up through the hill country westward H3220, and [fn]it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - Then the border curved from there and turned round on the west H3220 side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west H3220 side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward H3220 and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the [fn]border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea H3220, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:11 - Then their border went up to the west H3220 and to Maralah; it then reached Dabbesheth and reached the [fn]brook that is before Jokneam.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:26 - and Allammelech and Amad and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel on the west H3220 and to Shihor-libnath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - Then the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and [fn]it ended at the sea H3220 by the region of Achzib.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - Then the border turned westward H3220 to Aznoth-tabor and went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south and reached to Asher on the west H3220 and to Judah at the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 -

Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua gave a possession among their brothers westward H3220 beyond the Jordan. So when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - “See, I have allotted to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea H3220 toward the setting of the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - ‘And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea H3220; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the [fn]Red Sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:7 - ‘Then they cried out to Yahweh; He put darkness between you and the Egyptians and brought the sea H3220 upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 -

“Gilead dwelt across the Jordan;

And why did Dan stay in ships?

Asher sat at the seashore H3220,

And dwelt by its landings.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - ‘For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the [fn]Red Sea H3220 and came to Kadesh,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 -

Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen and people like the sand which is on the seashore H3220 in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “But I counsel that all Israel be utterly gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea H3220 in abundance, and that [fn]you personally go into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 -

“Then the channels of the sea H3220 appeared,

The foundations of the world were [fn]laid bare

By the rebuke of Yahweh,

At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 -

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the [fn]seashore H3220 in abundance; they were eating and drinking and being glad.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 -

And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of understanding in his heart, like the sand that is on the seashore H3220.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - “My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea H3220; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea H3220 to the place where you [fn]direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 -

And he made the sea H3220 of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and [fn]thirty cubits in its circumference.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Now under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, entirely encircling the sea H3220; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the Sea when it was cast.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west H3220, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea H3220 was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea H3220 of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:44 - and the one sea H3220 and the twelve oxen under the sea H3220;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 -

King Solomon also made a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the [fn]Red Sea H3220, in the land of Edom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:27 - And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, sailors who knew the sea H3220, along with the servants of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had at sea H3220 the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - And he said to his young man, “Go up now, look toward the sea H3220.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - Now it happened at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea H3220.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘[fn]Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Israel from [fn]Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea H3220 of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which He spoke [fn]through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:17 -

Then King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands and removed the laver from them; he also took down the sea H3220 from the bronze oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 -

Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands and the bronze sea H3220 which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans shattered and carried the [fn]bronze to Babylon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two pillars, the one sea H3220, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - The gatekeepers were [fn]on the four sides, to the east, west H3220, north, and south.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:32 -

Let the sea H3220 [fn]roar, as well as its fullness;

Let the field exult, and all that is in it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - Also from [fn]Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea H3220 and the pillars and the bronze utensils.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - “And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea H3220 to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - And he made the sea H3220 of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and [fn]thirty cubits in [fn]its circumference.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - Now figures like oxen were under it and encircling it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea H3220. The oxen were in two rows, cast [fn]in one piece.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west H3220, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea H3220 was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten lavers and set five on the right side and five on the left, in which to wash things, that is, in which they would rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea H3220 was for the priests to wash in.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he put the sea H3220 on the right [fn]side of the house toward the southeast.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:15 - and the one sea H3220 with the twelve oxen under it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 -

Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea H3220 in the land of Edom.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Huram by the hand of his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea H3220; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there [fn]450 talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:2 - Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea H3220, out of [fn]Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi).”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea H3220 at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.

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