יָם

𐤉𐤌

yâm

H3220

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

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 ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Root Family

ים (y-m) — sea, roaring waters, large body of water, surging depth, west (as the direction of the sea)

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Word Forms

22 distinct forms — 396 total occurrences

SILEX Code Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H3220-04 הַ/יָּ֜ם hayam HTd/Ncmsa the sea the roaring sea 140
H3220-20 יָ֥ם yam HNcmsc sea sea 91
H3220-21 יָ֥מָּ/ה yamah HNcmsa/Sd westward sea-ward 48
H3220-22 יַמִּ֑ים yamim HNcmpa of the seas seas 21
H3220-12 מִ/יָּם֙ miyam HR/Ncmsa from sea from the sea 18
H3220-01 בַּ/יָּ֑ם bayam HRd/Ncmsa in the sea in the roaring sea 15
H3220-05 הַ/יָּֽמָּ/ה hayamah HTd/Ncmsa/Sd to the sea toward the sea 10
H3220-15 בַ/יָּֽם vayam HRd/Ncmsa into the sea in the roaring sea 8
H3220-17 וְ/הַ/יָּ֥ם vehayam HC/Td/Ncmsa and the sea and the roaring sea 7
H3220-08 לַ/יָּ֖ם layam HRd/Ncmsa the sea to the Roaring Sea 5

Occurrences in Scripture

SILEX Code Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H3220-22 Genesis 1:10 יַמִּ֑ים yamim HNcmpa Seas seas
H3220-02 Genesis 1:22 בַּ/יַּמִּ֔ים bayamim HRd/Ncmpa in the seas in the seas
H3220-04 Genesis 1:26 הַ/יָּ֜ם hayam HTd/Ncmsa of the sea the roaring sea
H3220-04 Genesis 1:28 הַ/יָּם֙ hayam HTd/Ncmsa the sea the roaring sea
H3220-04 Genesis 9:2 הַ/יָּ֖ם hayam HTd/Ncmsa of the sea the roaring sea
H3220-12 Genesis 12:8 מִ/יָּם֙ miyam HR/Ncmsa on the west from the sea
H3220-16 Genesis 13:14 וָ/יָֽמָּ/ה vayamah HC/Ncmsa/Sd and westward and sea-ward
H3220-20 Genesis 14:3 יָ֥ם yam HNcmsc Sea sea
H3220-04 Genesis 22:17 הַ/יָּ֑ם hayam HTd/Ncmsa of the sea the roaring sea
H3220-21 Genesis 28:14 יָ֥מָּ/ה yamah HNcmsa/Sd to the west sea-ward