יָם390 noun masculine2 Mos 14,27 sea (Phoenician ים; Arabic ; Palmyrene בימא on the sea, VogNo. 79; on Assyrian iâmu, (¹mu), sea, see DlHWB 307 M-ACD 52 HptBAS i. 171 n.) — absolute יָם 1 Sam 13,5 +; יָ֫מָּה 1 Mos 28,14 +; construct יָם 1 Mos 14,3 + 23 t., also יָ֫מָּה סוּף 2 Mos 10,19, but always יַםסֿוּף 2 Mos 13,18 + 22 t.; suffix יַמָּהּ Jer 51,36 plural יַמִּים Dom 5,17 + 29 t.; — sea: especially
1. Mediterranean 4 Mos 13,29 (
E),
4 Mos 34,5 (
P),
5 Mos 1,7;
Jos 5,1;
1 Kong 5,23 (twice in verse);
Jon 1,4 (twice in verse) + often; the Mediterranean is called also
הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל 4 Mos 34,6;
4 Mos 34,7;
Jos 15,12;
Jos 15,47;
Ezk 48,28 +, compare
וּרְחַב יָדַיִם ׳גּ ׳הַיּ Sl 104,25 מְבוֺא ׳הַיָּם חַגּ הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Jos 1,4;
Jos 23,4 (see Assyrian name of Mediterranean
tiamtu rabitu ša sulmu šamši, etc.,
SchrNamender Meere. 171 ff.);
אֶלמֿוּל הַלְּבָנוֺן ׳הַגּ ׳הַיּ Jos 9,1 הָאַחֲרוֺן ׳הַיּ the hinder sea 5 Mos 11,24;
5 Mos 34,2;
Zak 14,8;
Joel 2,20 (in the last two opposed to
הַקַּדְמֹנִי ׳הַיּ, see below); of Mediterranean in particular part
יָם פְּלִשְׁתִּים 2 Mos 23,31 (
JE);
יָם יָפוֺ 2 Kron 2,15 =
יָם יָפוֺא Ezr 3,7.
2. יַםסֿוּף 'Red Sea' (see
סוּף)
2 Mos 13,18 (compare
2 Mos 10,19),
2 Mos 15,4;
4 Mos 14,25;
5 Mos 1,40;
Jos 2,10;
Dom 11,16 + often; also
הַיָּם 2 Mos 14,2 (twice in verse);
2 Mos 14,9;
Es 51,10 (twice in verse);
Es 63,11 +; probably also
יָםמִֿצְרַיִם Es 11,15 'Red Sea' named or referred to approximately 66 t.;
יִםסֿוּף clearly of lanitic Gulf
1 Kong 9,26 (compare
2 Kron 8,17).
3. Dead Sea,
יָם מֶלַח sea of salt 1 Mos 14,3;
4 Mos 34,3;
4 Mos 34,12;
5 Mos 3,17;
Jos 3,16;
Jos 12,3;
Jos 15,2;
Jos 15,5;
Jos 18,19 יָם הָעֲרָבָה 5 Mos 3,17;
5 Mos 4,49;
Jos 3,16;
Jos 12,3;
2 Kong 14,25 הַקַּדְמֹנִי ׳הַי Ezk 47,18;
Zak 14,8;
Joel 2,29 (see above); simply
יָם Es 16,8;
Jer 48,32 — in
יָם יַעְזֵר Jer 48,32 יָם is textual error, strike out with
Gf Gr Che Gie.
5. more generally
sea, opposed to earth and (or) sky
1 Mos 1,26;
1 Mos 1,28;
1 Mos 9,2 (
P),
2 Mos 20,11 (
E),
Hag 2,6 + often Job, Psalms,
Isa2 etc.;
Amos 6,12 read
בַּבָּקָר יָם for
בקרים (see
בָּקָר);
sea as under earth
Sl 24,2 (compare
1 Mos 1,10;
1 Mos 6,11;
2 Mos 20,5 =
5 Mos 5,3); figurative of
flood of invaders,
עָלָה עַלבָּֿבֶל הַיָּם Jer 51,42.
6. of a
mighty river, the Nile
Nah 3,8 (twice in verse);
Es 19,5 (||
נָהָר); compare
הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם Es 27,1 and
כַּתַּנִּים בַּיַּמִּים Ezk 32,2 (simile of Pharaoh); of Euphrates
Es 21,1;
Jer 51,36 (according to
Che Gf and others;
Es 21,1 perhaps better of Persian Gulf, see
Di).
8. combinations are:
\ \
a. shore of sea, sea-shore שְׂפַת הַיָּם Jos 11,4;
1 Kong 5,9, and in simile
1 Mos 22,17;
Dom 7,12;
1 Sam 13,5 ׳חוֺף הַי Jos 9,1;
Ezk 25,16 חוֺף יַמִּים 1 Mos 49,13;
Dom 5,17 compare
חֶבֶל הַיָּם Sef 2,5 region by the sea; so v
Sef 2,6 but dubious, see I.
חֶבֶל 3. b. sand of the sea (shore) חוֺל הַיָּם (in simile)
1 Mos 32,13;
1 Mos 41,49;
Hos 2,1;
Es 10,22 + often (see
חוֺל);
חוֺל גְּבוּל לַיָּם Jer 5,22.
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c. לְשׁוֺן הַיָּם tongue (arm or
gulf) of sea Jos 15,5;
Jos 18,19;
Es 11,5.
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d. מִיָּם עַדיָֿם Amos 8,12;
Zak 9,10;
Sl 72,8, compare
Mik 7,12;
Zak 14,8 (twice in verse);
Joel 2,20 (twice in verse);
Dan 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
1 Mos 13,14;
1 Mos 28,14 (
J),
4 Mos 2,18;
4 Mos 35,5 (
P),
5 Mos 3,27;
1 Kong 7,25;
1 Kron 9,24;
2 Kron 4,4;
Ezk 42,19 + 6 t. Ezekiel;
Zak 14,4;
Dan 8,4;
Sl 107,3 (
מִמִּזְרָח וּמִמַּעֲרָב מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם; but read perhaps
וּמִיָּמִן from the south, Hu
Pe Bi Che); opposed to east
Jos 11,2;
Jos 16,6 + 16 t.
Ezk 48,1–200 west alone
1 Mos 12,8 (
J);
רוּהַ יָם Ezk 10,19 (
J)
west wind;
מִיָּם לְ westward Jos 8,9;
Jos 8,12;
Jos 8,13 +;
יָ֫מָּה westward, often of tabernacle
2 Mos 26,22;
2 Mos 26,27;
4 Mos 3,23 + (all
P), and of land
Jos 5,1;
Jos 15,8;
Jos 15,10 etc., + often Ezekiel;
דֶּרֶךְ הַיָּם =
westward Ezk 41,12 גְּבוּל יָם western border 4 Mos 34,6 (twice in verse);
Jos 15,2 פְּאַתיָֿם west side 2 Mos 27,12;
2 Mos 38,12;
4 Mos 35,5;
Jos 18,14 פְּאַת דרך הים Ezk 41,12 (see further
פאה).