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י־מ־ם (y-m-m) |
A Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare earlier Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”) which preserves the prototypical /w/ of this root, and distantly related Somali webi (“river”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ). From Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /jam/
- Rhymes: -am
Noun
[edit]יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- sea
- Tanach, 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.
- (biblical) west (cardinal direction)
- Tanach, 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.
- (slang) a lot
- the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)
Synonyms
[edit]- (compass point): מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “compass point”): קֶדֶם (kédem) (archaic)
- (antonym(s) of “compass point”): מִזְרָח (mizrakh)
Hyponyms
[edit]- הַיָּם הַכַּסְפִּי (hayám hakaspí)
- הַיָּם הַצְּפוֹנִי (hayam hatsfoní)
- הים השחור / הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר (hayám hashakhór)
- הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (hayám hatikhón)
- יַם הַמֶּלַח (Yam HaMelakh)
- יַם סוּף (yam súf)
Derived terms
[edit]- אֲרִי יָם (arí yam)
- בַּת יָם (bat yam)
- זְאֵב־הַיָּם (ze'év hayám)
- חֵיל יָם (kheil yam)
- יַמַּאי (yama'í)
- כּוֹבַע יָם (kóva yam)
- כּוֹכַב יָם (kokháv yam)
- כֶּלֶב יָם (kélev yám)
- מֶלַח יָם
- מְלָפְפוֹן יָם (m'laf'fon yam)
- מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם (me'éver layám)
- מֵצַר יָם (meitsár yam)
- סוּס יָם (sus yám)
- סַרְטַן יָם (sartán yám)
- בגד ים (béged yám)
- עֵיטָם (eitám)
- שׁוֹדֵד יָם (shodéd yam)
- שוד ים / שֹׁד יָם (shod yam)
- שְׂפַת הַיָּם (s'fát hayám)
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־פֿרוכט (yam-frukht)
- ים־גרונט (yam-grunt)
Categories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־מ־ם
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- 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:Bodies of water
- he:Landforms
- he:Seas
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- yi:Seas