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H3220 · יָם

yâm

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

KJV gloss list in the source

sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Source pronunciation notation: yawm

Derivation recorded by Strong

from an unused root meaning to roar;

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