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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Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
Read word by wordOn the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Read word by wordOn the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
Read word by wordOn the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
Read word by wordThe border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
Read word by wordIt went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
Read word by wordAllammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
Read word by wordThe border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
Read word by wordThen the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
Read word by word(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
Read word by wordSee, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
Read word by wordWhen I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
Read word by wordSo your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Read word by wordGilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
Read word by wordNow the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
Read word by wordBut when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
Read word by wordNow the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
Read word by wordInstead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
Read word by wordThe channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
Read word by wordThe people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Read word by wordAnd God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.9
My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.23
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
Read word by wordBelow the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
Read word by wordThe Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
Read word by wordHe set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
Read word by wordthe Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
Read word by wordKing Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
Read word by wordAnd Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
Read word by wordFor the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Read word by word“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
Read word by wordOn the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
Read word by wordThis Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Read word by wordKing Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
Read word by wordMoreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
Read word by wordAs for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
Read word by wordThe gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
Read word by wordLet the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
Read word by wordAnd from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
Read word by wordWe will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.15
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
Read word by wordBelow the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
Read word by wordThe Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
Read word by wordHe also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
Read word by wordHe put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
Read word by wordthe Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
Read word by wordThen Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
Read word by wordSo Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
Read word by wordThen some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
Read word by wordThey gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
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