עֲיָם
ayam · strength? (uncertain)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5868 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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ayam (עֲיָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “strength? (uncertain)”.
A word of uncertain sense, probably strength or glowing heat.
How to say it
a·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 faults for which a people is punished.
- The scorching force of the wind; the sense is doubtful.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- heat ×1
- iniquities ×1
Where it appears
- Isaiah 11:15
And YHWH will devote to destruction the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and he will wave his hand over the River with the heat of his wind, and strike it into seven streams, and make people cross in sandals.
- Hosea 10:10
When I desire, I will discipline them; and peoples will be gathered against them, when they are bound for their two iniquities.