יָם (yam) means “sea” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yawm Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָם · yam · sea
: sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward
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יָם · yam · sea: west
: west 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward
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יָם · yam · (Mt. Ephron in the) West
This name means sea, seaward, westward Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
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from an unused root meaning to roar; 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
KJV glosses: sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the sea | 85 |
| sea | 57 |
| of the sea | 52 |
| west | 17 |
| to the west | 12 |
| on the west | 10 |
| of the seas | 9 |
| at the sea | 7 |
| into the sea | 6 |
| westward | 6 |
| to the sea | 5 |
| from sea | 4 |
| in the sea | 4 |
| and the sea | 3 |
| as the sea | 3 |
| by sea | 3 |
| in the seas | 3 |
| let the sea | 3 |
| like the sea | 3 |
| on the west side | 3 |
| seas | 3 |
| the salt sea | 3 |
| the seas | 3 |
| the west | 3 |
| and on the west | 2 |
| and west | 2 |
| at sea | 2 |
| by the sea | 2 |
| for the sea | 2 |
| from the west | 2 |
| from the western | 2 |
| it | 2 |
| of the salt sea | 2 |
| the coast | 2 |
| the seashore | 2 |
| the west side | 2 |
| through the sea | 2 |
| to sea | 2 |
| against the sea | 1 |
| and along the seacoast | 1 |
| and from the west | 1 |
| and south | 1 |
| and the western | 1 |
| and westward | 1 |
| as far as the red sea | 1 |
| at the far western | 1 |
| by seafaring men | 1 |
| by the seas | 1 |
| extending westward | 1 |
| from the sea | 1 |
| having the sea | 1 |
| her sea | 1 |
| is the sea | 1 |
| led through the sea | 1 |
| o sea | 1 |
| of its coastland | 1 |
| of the nile | 1 |
| on the high seas | 1 |
| on the sea | 1 |
| on the seashore | 1 |
| out to sea | 1 |
| over the sea | 1 |
| so it | 1 |
| than the sea | 1 |
| the dead sea | 1 |
| the red sea | 1 |
| the seacoast | 1 |
| this sea | 1 |
| to the great sea | 1 |
| to the west side | 1 |
| to the western | 1 |
| to west | 1 |
| toward the west | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was the salt sea | 1 |
| was the sea | 1 |
| was the water | 1 |
| was the western | 1 |
| west of | 1 |
| west side | 1 |
| western | 1 |
| whether in the seas | 1 |
| while the sea | 1 |
| will be the western | 1 |
| yet the sea | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the sea | 70 |
| sea | 64 |
| the sea | 39 |
| westward | 19 |
| into the sea | 12 |
| of the seas | 12 |
| unto the west | 11 |
| by the sea | 9 |
| and the sea | 8 |
| in the sea | 8 |
| from the sea | 6 |
| on the west | 6 |
| to the sea | 6 |
| in the seas | 5 |
| over the sea | 5 |
| even unto the sea | 4 |
| on the sea | 4 |
| on the west side | 4 |
| the west | 4 |
| to sea | 4 |
| toward the west | 4 |
| unto the sea | 4 |
| upon the sea | 4 |
| and toward the west | 3 |
| from the west | 3 |
| let the sea | 3 |
| like the sea | 3 |
| toward the sea | 3 |
| west | 3 |
| and on the west | 2 |
| and the west | 2 |
| and westward | 2 |
| at the sea | 2 |
| even unto the west | 2 |
| from sea | 2 |
| out of the sea | 2 |
| thereof are at the sea | 2 |
| to the west | 2 |
| were at the sea | 2 |
| against the sea | 1 |
| against thee as the sea | 1 |
| also from sea | 1 |
| also in the sea | 1 |
| and against the sea | 1 |
| and by the sea | 1 |
| and concerning the sea | 1 |
| and for the west | 1 |
| and from sea | 1 |
| and from the south | 1 |
| and from the west | 1 |
| and unto the sea | 1 |
| at the west | 1 |
| between the seas | 1 |
| by sea | 1 |
| by the seas | 1 |
| caused the sea | 1 |
| for the sea | 1 |
| had at sea | 1 |
| he seas | 1 |
| her sea | 1 |
| him the seas | 1 |
| i a sea | 1 |
| in them but the sea | 1 |
| it upon the seas | 1 |
| not but the sea | 1 |
| not for the sea | 1 |
| not in me and the sea | 1 |
| of it shall be at the sea | 1 |
| of it were at the sea | 1 |
| of seafaring men | 1 |
| out of the seas | 1 |
| so shall the sea | 1 |
| than the sea | 1 |
| the western | 1 |
| thee o thou sea | 1 |
| them by sea | 1 |
| therein the seas | 1 |
| thereof were at the sea | 1 |
| this shall be your west | 1 |
| thou the west | 1 |
| through the sea | 1 |
| under the sea | 1 |
| unto thee that the sea | 1 |
| unto us for the sea | 1 |
| yet the sea | 1 |
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God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Read word by wordThen God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Read word by wordThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Read word by wordGod blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Read word by wordThe fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Read word by wordFrom there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
Read word by wordAfter Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Read word by wordThe latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Read word by wordI will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Read word by wordYour descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Read word by wordBut You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.13
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
Read word by wordZebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
Read word by wordSo God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
Read word by word“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
Read word by wordThe Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
Read word by wordAnd as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
Read word by wordThen Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
Read word by wordand the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Read word by wordAnd the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
Read word by wordSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
Read word by wordThe waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
Read word by wordBut the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Read word by wordThat day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
Read word by wordThen Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Read word by wordPharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Read word by wordAt the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
Read word by wordBut You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Read word by wordFor when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
Read word by wordAnd Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
Read word by wordThen Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
Read word by wordFor in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Read word by wordAnd I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Read word by wordMake six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
Read word by wordfive for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
Read word by wordThe curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
Read word by wordHe made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
Read word by wordfive for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
Read word by wordThe west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
Read word by wordOf all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
Read word by wordBut the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
Read word by wordOn the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
Read word by wordThe Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
Read word by wordIf all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
Read word by wordNow a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
Read word by wordThe Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
Read word by wordNow since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Read word by wordThen they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
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