Hebrew word study

יָםyâm — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water

Pronounced “yawm”

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

Translated in the King James as: sea (-faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Appears 393 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 13×

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

Exodus — 39×

Exodus 10:19 Exodus 13:18 Exodus 14:2 Exodus 14:9 Exodus 14:16 Exodus 14:21 Exodus 14:22 Exodus 14:23 Exodus 14:26 Exodus 14:27 Exodus 14:28 Exodus 14:29 Exodus 14:30 Exodus 15:1 Exodus 15:4 Exodus 15:8 Exodus 15:10 Exodus 15:19 Exodus 15:21 Exodus 15:22 Exodus 20:11 Exodus 23:31 Exodus 26:22 Exodus 26:27 Exodus 27:12+ 14 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 11:9 Leviticus 11:10

Numbers — 19×

Numbers 2:18 Numbers 3:23 Numbers 11:22 Numbers 11:31 Numbers 13:29 Numbers 14:25 Numbers 21:4 Numbers 33:8 Numbers 33:10 Numbers 33:11 Numbers 34:3 Numbers 34:5 Numbers 34:6 Numbers 34:7 Numbers 34:11 Numbers 34:12 Numbers 35:5+ 2 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 14×

Deuteronomy 1:7 Deuteronomy 1:40 Deuteronomy 2:1 Deuteronomy 3:17 Deuteronomy 3:27 Deuteronomy 4:49 Deuteronomy 11:4 Deuteronomy 11:24 Deuteronomy 30:13 Deuteronomy 33:19 Deuteronomy 33:23 Deuteronomy 34:2+ 2 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 52×

Joshua 1:4 Joshua 2:10 Joshua 3:16 Joshua 4:23 Joshua 5:1 Joshua 8:9 Joshua 8:12 Joshua 8:13 Joshua 9:1 Joshua 11:2 Joshua 11:3 Joshua 11:4 Joshua 12:3 Joshua 12:7 Joshua 13:27 Joshua 15:2 Joshua 15:4 Joshua 15:5 Joshua 15:8 Joshua 15:10 Joshua 15:11 Joshua 15:12 Joshua 15:46 Joshua 15:47 Joshua 16:3+ 27 more in Joshua

Judges — 3×

Judges 5:17 Judges 7:12 Judges 11:16

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 13:5

2 Samuel — 2×

2 Sam 17:11 2 Sam 22:16

1 Kings — 16×

1 Ki 4:20 1 Ki 4:29 1 Ki 5:9 1 Ki 7:23 1 Ki 7:24 1 Ki 7:25 1 Ki 7:39 1 Ki 7:44 1 Ki 9:26 1 Ki 9:27 1 Ki 10:22 1 Ki 18:43 1 Ki 18:44+ 3 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 4×

2 Ki 14:25 2 Ki 16:17 2 Ki 25:13 2 Ki 25:16

1 Chronicles — 3×

1 Chr 9:24 1 Chr 16:32 1 Chr 18:8

2 Chronicles — 11×

2 Chr 2:16 2 Chr 4:2 2 Chr 4:3 2 Chr 4:4 2 Chr 4:6 2 Chr 4:10 2 Chr 4:15 2 Chr 8:17 2 Chr 8:18 2 Chr 20:2+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 3:7

Nehemiah — 4×

Nehemiah 9:6 Nehemiah 9:9 Nehemiah 9:11+ 1 more in Nehemiah

Esther — 1×

Esther 10:1

Job — 12×

Job 6:3 Job 7:12 Job 9:8 Job 11:9 Job 12:8 Job 14:11 Job 26:12 Job 28:14 Job 36:30 Job 38:8 Job 38:16 Job 41:31

Psalms — 38×

Psalms 8:8 Psalms 24:2 Psalms 33:7 Psalms 46:2 Psalms 65:5 Psalms 65:7 Psalms 66:6 Psalms 68:22 Psalms 69:34 Psalms 72:8 Psalms 74:13 Psalms 77:19 Psalms 78:13 Psalms 78:27 Psalms 78:53 Psalms 80:11 Psalms 89:9 Psalms 89:25 Psalms 93:4 Psalms 95:5 Psalms 96:11 Psalms 98:7 Psalms 104:25 Psalms 106:7 Psalms 106:9+ 13 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 3×

Proverbs 8:29 Proverbs 23:34 Proverbs 30:19

Ecclesiastes — 2×

Eccles 1:7+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 31×

Isaiah 5:30 Isaiah 9:1 Isaiah 10:22 Isaiah 10:26 Isaiah 11:9 Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 11:14 Isaiah 11:15 Isaiah 16:8 Isaiah 17:12 Isaiah 18:2 Isaiah 19:5 Isaiah 21:1 Isaiah 23:2 Isaiah 23:4 Isaiah 23:11 Isaiah 24:14 Isaiah 24:15 Isaiah 27:1 Isaiah 42:10 Isaiah 43:16 Isaiah 48:18 Isaiah 49:12 Isaiah 50:2 Isaiah 51:10+ 6 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 17×

Jeremiah 5:22 Jeremiah 6:23 Jeremiah 15:8 Jeremiah 25:22 Jeremiah 27:19 Jeremiah 31:35 Jeremiah 33:22 Jeremiah 46:18 Jeremiah 47:7 Jeremiah 48:32 Jeremiah 49:21 Jeremiah 49:23 Jeremiah 50:42 Jeremiah 51:36 Jeremiah 51:42 Jeremiah 52:17 Jeremiah 52:20

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 2:13

Ezekiel — 59×

Ezekiel 25:16 Ezekiel 26:3 Ezekiel 26:5 Ezekiel 26:16 Ezekiel 26:17 Ezekiel 26:18 Ezekiel 27:3 Ezekiel 27:4 Ezekiel 27:9 Ezekiel 27:25 Ezekiel 27:26 Ezekiel 27:27 Ezekiel 27:29 Ezekiel 27:32 Ezekiel 27:33 Ezekiel 27:34 Ezekiel 28:2 Ezekiel 28:8 Ezekiel 32:2 Ezekiel 38:20 Ezekiel 39:11 Ezekiel 41:12 Ezekiel 42:19 Ezekiel 45:7 Ezekiel 46:19+ 34 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 2×

Daniel 8:4 Daniel 11:45

Hosea — 3×

Hosea 1:10 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 11:10

Joel — 2×

Joel 2:20+ 1 more in Joel

Amos — 5×

Amos 5:8 Amos 8:12 Amos 9:3 Amos 9:6+ 1 more in Amos

Jonah — 11×

Jonah 1:4 Jonah 1:5 Jonah 1:9 Jonah 1:11 Jonah 1:12 Jonah 1:13 Jonah 1:15 Jonah 2:3+ 3 more in Jonah

Micah — 3×

Micah 7:12 Micah 7:19+ 1 more in Micah

Nahum — 3×

Nahum 1:4 Nahum 3:8+ 1 more in Nahum

Habakkuk — 4×

Habakkuk 1:14 Habakkuk 2:14 Habakkuk 3:8 Habakkuk 3:15

Zephaniah — 3×

Zeph 1:3 Zeph 2:5 Zeph 2:6

Haggai — 1×

Haggai 2:6

Zechariah — 8×

Zech 9:4 Zech 9:10 Zech 10:11 Zech 14:4 Zech 14:8+ 3 more in Zechariah

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