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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יָם

יָם

H3220

Transliteration: yâm

Pronunciation: yawm

Definition: sea


Original: ים

Transliteration: yâm

Phonetic: yawm

BDB Definition:

  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

Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar

TWOT entry: 871a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine


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