Biblica Analytica
H3220G Hebrew

יָם

yam

sea

Lexicon Entry

Definition
sea
Transliteration
yam
Strong's Number
H3220G
Occurrences
321
Semantic Domain
Geography & Place

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Hebrew word יָם (yam) is a noun with a simple yet versatile meaning - "sea." Its definition is consistent across its 321 occurrences in the Bible, signifying a vast body of saltwater. Given its widespread usage across different biblical texts, it's clear that the word is fundamental to the geography and culture of ancient Israelites. The significance of this word extends beyond its literal meaning, as it often serves as a metaphor for the unknown, the chaotic, or the limitless. For example, the "sea" can represent the boundaries and dangers of the world, as seen in biblical accounts of coastal nations and mythical sea creatures. This dual nature of the word allows it to convey different emotions and themes, from fear and awe to hope and redemption. Throughout the biblical narrative, the "sea" is a recurring element that shapes the lives of its characters and the destiny of nations. Its sheer presence has a profound impact on the daily experiences and spiritual understanding of the Israelites, emphasizing the vastness, mystery, and power of the natural world.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H3220G
Lemma
יָם
Transliteration
yam
Definition
sea
Occurrences
321
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

321 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 20:2

Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi).

Ezra 3:7

They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.

Nehemiah 9:6

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

Nehemiah 9:9

“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,

Nehemiah 9:11

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Nehemiah 9:11

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Esther 10:1

King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea.

Genesis 49:13

“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

Job 9:8

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job 11:9

Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.

Job 14:11

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

Job 26:12

He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

Job 28:14

The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’

Psalms 68:22

The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,

Job 36:30

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Job 38:8

“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,

Job 38:16

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

Job 41:31

He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Psalms 8:8

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Psalms 8:8

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Psalms 24:2

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

Psalms 33:7

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Psalms 46:2

Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Psalms 65:5

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.

Psalms 65:7

You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

Psalms 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

Psalms 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Psalms 72:8

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psalms 72:8

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psalms 74:13

You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

Psalms 77:19

Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

Psalms 78:13

He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

Psalms 78:27

He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.

Psalms 80:11

It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.

Psalms 89:9

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

Psalms 89:25

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

Psalms 93:4

Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.

Psalms 95:5

The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.

Psalms 96:11

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!

Psalms 98:7

Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

Psalms 104:25

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

Psalms 106:7

Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Psalms 106:7

Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Psalms 106:9

He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

Psalms 106:22

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

Psalms 107:3

And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Psalms 107:23

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;