יָם
yam · sea
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H3221 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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yam (יָם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “sea”.
(Aramaic).
How to say it
yam
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The great expanse of salt water that the wind stirs (in Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 7:2
Daniel answered and said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and look, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the great sea.
- Daniel 7:3
And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different one from the other.