ים

See also: ־ים and י־ם

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yamm-.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am

Noun

יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. sea, ocean
   • Tanach, Jonah 1:4:

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     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.

2. (biblical) west (cardinal direction)
   • Tanach, Genesis 12:8:

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     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.

3. (slang) a lot
4. the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)

Derived terms

• כֶּלֶב יָם (kélev yám)
• מֶלַח יָם‏
• סַרְטַן יָם (sartán yám)
• בגד ים (béged yám)

References

• H3220 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• מי, מ״י

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew ים (yam).

Noun

ים • (yam) m, plural ימים (yamem) or ימען (yamen)

1. sea, ocean

Derived terms

• אײַז־ים (ayz-yam)
• גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים (gey kakn oyfn yam)