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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Root |
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י־מ־ם (y-m-m) |
A Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- sea, ocean
- Jonah 1:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיהוָה הֵטִיל רוּחַ־גְּדוֹלָה אֶל־הַיָּם וַיְהִי סַעַר־גָּדוֹל בַּיָּם וְהָאֳנִיָּה חִשְּׁבָה לְהִשָּׁבֵר׃
- vaYHVH hetíl ruakh-g'dolá 'el-hayám vay'hí sa'ar-gadól bayám v'ha'oniyá khish'vá l'hishavér.
waYHWH hēṭīl rūaḥ-gəḏōlā ʾel-hayyām wayəhī saʿar-gāḏōl bayyām wəhāʾŏniyyā ḥiššəḇā ləhiššāḇēr. - But the LORD hurled a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
- vaYHVH hetíl ruakh-g'dolá 'el-hayám vay'hí sa'ar-gadól bayám v'ha'oniyá khish'vá l'hishavér.
- Jonah 1:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- (biblical) west (cardinal direction)
- Genesis 12:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם הָהָרָה מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵית־אֵל וַיֵּט אָהֳלֹה בֵּית־אֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה׃
- vaya'ték mishám hahára mikédem l'veit-'él vayét 'oholó beit-'él miyám v'ha'áy mikédem vayiven-shám mizbéakh laYHVH vayikrá b'shém YHVH.
wayyaʿtēq miššām hāhā́rā miqqéḏem ləḇēṯ-ʾēl wayyēṭ ʾohŏlō bēṯ-ʾēl miyyām wəhāʿay miqqéḏem wayyiḇen-šām mizbḗaḥ laYHWH wayyiqrā bəšēm YHWH. - And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
- vaya'ték mishám hahára mikédem l'veit-'él vayét 'oholó beit-'él miyám v'ha'áy mikédem vayiven-shám mizbéakh laYHVH vayikrá b'shém YHVH.
- Genesis 12:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- (slang) a lot
- the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)
Synonyms[edit]
- (compass point): מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv)
Antonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (hayám hatikhón)
- יַם הַמֶּלַח (Yam HaMelakh)
Derived terms[edit]
- בַּת יָם (bat yam)
- יַמַּאי (yama'í)
- כֶּלֶב יָם (kélev yám)
- מֶלַח יָם
- מְלָפְפוֹן יָם (m'laf'fon yam)
- סוּס יָם (sus yám)
- סַרְטַן יָם (sartán yám)
- בגד ים (béged yám)
- שׁוֹדֵד יָם (shodéd yam)
- עֵיטָם (eitám)
References[edit]
- H3220 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “ים” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading[edit]
ים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams[edit]
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ים • (yam) m, plural ימים (yamem) or ימען (yamen)
Derived terms[edit]
- אײַז־ים (ayz-yam)
- ברעג ים (breg yam)
- גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים (gey kakn oyfn yam)
- ים־גרונט (yam-grunt)
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־מ־ם
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hebrew/am
- Rhymes:Hebrew/am/1 syllable
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- he:Bible
- Hebrew slang
- he:Seas
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- yi:Seas