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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 60 times in 52 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Eze 25:16–Eze 48:27)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines and cut off the Cherethites and cause the remnant of the seacoast H3220 to perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea H3220 brings up its waves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:5 - ‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea H3220, for I have spoken,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘and she will become plunder for the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - “Then all the princes of the sea H3220 will go down from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17 - “They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you,

‘How you have perished, O inhabited one,

From the seas H3220, O city that was praised,

Which was strong on the sea H3220,

She and her inhabitants,

Who [fn]imposed [fn]her terror

On all her inhabitants!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 -

‘Now the coastlands will tremble

On the day of your downfall;

Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea H3220

Will be dismayed at your departure.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - and say to Tyre, who inhabits the [fn]entrance to the sea H3220, a trader of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:4 -

“Your borders are in the heart of the seas H3220;

Your builders have perfected your beauty.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:9 -

“The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams;

All the ships of the sea H3220 and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - “The ships of Tarshish were [fn]the carriers for your merchandise.

And you were filled and were very [fn]glorious

In the heart of the seas H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:26 -

“Your rowers have brought you

Into great waters;

The east wind has broken you

In the heart of the seas H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 -

“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,

Your sailors and your pilots,

Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise,

And all your men of war who are in you,

With all your assembly that is in your midst,

Will fall into the heart of the seas H3220

On the day of your downfall.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 -

“All who handle the oar,

The sailors and all the pilots of the sea H3220,

Will come down from their ships;

They will stand on the land,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:32 -

“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you

And lament over you:

‘Who is like Tyre,

Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea H3220?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 -

‘When your wares went out from the seas H3220,

You satisfied a great number of peoples;

With the greatness of your wealth and your merchandise

You enriched the kings of earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:34 -

[fn]Now that you are broken by the seas H3220

In the depths of the waters,

Your merchandise and all your assembly

Have fallen in the midst of you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Because your heart is lofty

And you have said, ‘I am a god;

I sit enthroned in the seat of [fn]gods

In the heart of the seas H3220’;

Yet you are a man and not God,

Although you make your heart like the heart of God

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 -

‘They will bring you down to the pit,

And you will die the death of those who are slain

In the heart of the seas H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You liken yourself to a young lion of the nations,

Yet you are like the monster in the seas H3220;

And you burst forth in your rivers

And muddied the waters with your feet

And [fn]fouled their rivers.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - “And the fish of the sea H3220, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will quake at My presence; the mountains also will be pulled down, the steep pathways will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:11 -

“And it will be in that day, that I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea H3220, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his multitude, and they will call it the valley of [fn]Hamon-gog.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 -

The building that was in front of the separate area at the side toward the west H3220 was [fn]seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits [fn]thick all around, and its length was [fn]ninety cubits.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned to the west H3220 side and measured 500 reeds with the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 -

“Now the prince shall have land on either side of the holy contribution and the city’s possession of land, adjacent to the holy contribution and the city’s possession of land, on the west H3220 side toward the west H3220 and on the east side toward the east, and in length comparable to one of the portions, from the west H3220 border to the east border.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 -

Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north; and behold, there was a place at the extreme rear toward the west H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:8 - Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea H3220, being made to flow out to the sea H3220, and the waters of the sea [fn]will be healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:10 - “And it will be that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea H3220, very many.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:15 -

“This shall be the boundary of the land: on the north side, from the Great Sea H3220 by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of [fn]Zedad;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - “And the boundary shall be from the sea H3220 to Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 -

“And the east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea H3220 you shall measure. This is the east side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 -

“And the south side toward the south shall extend from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt and to the Great Sea H3220. This is the south side toward the south.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 -

“And the west H3220 side shall be the Great Sea H3220, from the south border to a point opposite [fn]Lebo-hamath. This is the west H3220 side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 -

“Now these are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, [fn]beside the way of Hethlon to [fn]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [fn]beside Hamath, [fn]running from east to west H3220, Dan, one portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:2 - “And beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Asher, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:3 - “And beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Naphtali, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:4 - “And beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Manasseh, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5 - “And beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Ephraim, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6 - “And beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Reuben, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:7 - “And beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Judah, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 -

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west H3220 side, shall be the contribution which you shall contribute, 25,000 [fn]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west H3220 side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - “And the holy contribution shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, toward the west H3220 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - “And these shall be its measurements: the north side [fn]4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west H3220 side 4,500 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:17 - “And the city shall have [fn]open spaces: on the north [fn]250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west H3220 250 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - “And the remainder of the length alongside the holy contribution shall be 10,000 cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west H3220; and it shall be [fn]alongside the holy contribution. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 -

“And the remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy contribution and of the city’s possession of land; in front of the 25,000 cubits of the contribution toward the east border and westward H3220 in front of the 25,000 toward the west H3220 border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy contribution and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:23 -

“Now as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west H3220 side, Benjamin, one portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:24 - “And beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Simeon, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:25 - “And beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Issachar, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:26 - “And beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Zebulun, one portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:27 - “And beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west H3220 side, Gad, one portion.

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