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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 3:23 — Joshua 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

H3220

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Strong's Number H3220 matches the Hebrew יָם (yām),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 -

“On the west H3220 side H3220 shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward H3220,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - “Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea H3220 be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 -

Now there went forth a wind from Yahweh, and it brought quail from the sea H3220, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and [fn]about two [fn]cubits over the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - “Amalek is living in the land of the Negev and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill country, and the Canaanites are living by the sea H3220 and by the side of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the [fn]Red Sea H3220.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4

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Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way to the [fn]Red Sea H3220, to go around the land of Edom; and the [fn]people became impatient on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 -

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 -

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:6

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12

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.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

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.
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