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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 2 / 7 (Num 33:8–Jos 17:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 -

They journeyed [fn]from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea H3220 into the wilderness; and they went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 -

They journeyed from Elim and camped by the [fn]Red Sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 -

They journeyed from the [fn]Red Sea H3220 and camped in the wilderness of Sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - ‘And your southern [fn]sector shall [fn]extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall [fn]extend from the end of the Salt Sea H3220 eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5 - ‘And the border shall turn from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:6 -

‘And as for the west H3220 border, you shall have the Great Sea H3220, that is, its [fn]coastline; this shall be your west H3220 border.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7 -

‘And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea H3220 to Mount Hor.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the [fn]slope on the east side of the Sea H3220 of [fn]Chinnereth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - ‘And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea H3220. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure outside the city on the east side [fn]two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west H3220 side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn and set out, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the [fn]Shephelah and in the [fn]Negev and by the seacoast H3220, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - ‘But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the [fn]Red Sea H3220.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 -

“Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the [fn]Red Sea H3220, as Yahweh spoke to me, and circled Mount Seir for many days.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - the Arabah also, with the Jordan [fn]as a border, from [fn]Chinnereth even as far as the sea H3220 of the Arabah, the Salt Sea H3220, [fn]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west H3220 and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea H3220 of the Arabah, [fn]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the [fn]Red Sea H3220 to [fn]engulf them while they were pursuing you, and Yahweh made them perish [fn]utterly;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the [fn]western sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:13 - “Nor is it beyond the sea H3220, [fn]that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea H3220 for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 -

“They will call peoples to the mountain;

There they will offer righteous sacrifices;

For they will [fn]draw out the abundance of the seas H3220,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:23 -

Of Naphtali he said,

“O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of Yahweh,

Take possession of the sea H3220 and the south.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:2 - and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the [fn]western sea H3220,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - “From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea H3220 toward the setting of the sun will be your territory.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the [fn]Red Sea H3220 before you when you came out of Egypt and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you [fn]devoted to destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters which were [fn]flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were [fn]flowing down toward the sea H3220 of the Arabah, the Salt Sea H3220, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - “For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as Yahweh your God had done to the [fn]Red Sea H3220, which He dried up before us until we had crossed,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 -

Now it happened when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west H3220, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea H3220, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until [fn]they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west H3220 side H3220 of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west H3220 side H3220 of the [fn]city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13 - So they set the people, all the army that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west H3220 side H3220 of the city, and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 -

Now it happened when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the [fn]Shephelah and on all the coast of the Great Sea H3220 toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country and in the Arabah—south of [fn]Chinneroth and in the [fn]Shephelah and on the [fn]heights of Dor on the west H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - to the Canaanite on the east and on the west H3220, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite [fn]at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore H3220, with very many horses and chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - and the Arabah as far as the Sea H3220 of [fn]Chinneroth toward the east, and as far as the sea H3220 of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea H3220, eastward [fn]toward Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, [fn]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 -

Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck down beyond the Jordan toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even as far as Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan [fn]as a border, as far as the lower end of the Sea H3220 of [fn]Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea H3220, from the bay that turns to the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - And it passed on to Azmon and went out to the [fn]brook of Egypt, and the [fn]border ended at the sea H3220. This shall be your south border.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And the east border was the Salt Sea H3220, as far as the [fn]mouth of the Jordan. And the border of the north side was from the bay of the sea H3220 at the [fn]mouth of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west H3220, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - Then the border turned about from Baalah westward H3220 to Mount Seir and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon) and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - Then the border went out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border curved to Shikkeron and passed on to Mount Baalah and went out to Jabneel, and the [fn]border ended at the sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - And the west H3220 border was at the Great Sea H3220, even its [fn]coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46 - from Ekron even to the sea H3220, all that were by the [fn]side of Ashdod, with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 -

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; as far as the [fn]brook of Egypt and the Great Sea H3220, even its [fn]coastline.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3 - Then it went down westward H3220 to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of lower Beth-horon even to Gezer, and [fn]it ended at the sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:6 - Then the border went westward H3220 at Michmethath on the north, and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh and passed on beyond it to the east of Janoah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the border continued westward H3220 to the [fn]brook of Kanah, and [fn]it ended at the sea H3220. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the border went down to the [fn]brook of Kanah, southward of the [fn]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the [fn]brook, and [fn]it ended at the sea H3220.

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