Hebrew word study
יָם H3220
- Transliteration
- yâm
- Pronunciation
- yawm
- KJV glosses
- sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Lexical summary
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
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information