Hebrew word

yâm

yawm

יָם

What it means

a sea or large body of water

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

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to roar

How the King James translates it

sea252
west45
seas20
westward16
side4
western1
men1

Every place it appears 339

Genesis1:10 1:22 1:26 1:28 9:2 12:8 22:17 28:14 32:12 41:49 49:13

Exodus10:19 13:18 14:2 14:9 14:16 14:21 14:22 14:23 14:26 14:27 14:28 14:29 14:30 15:4 15:10 15:19 15:22 20:11 23:31 26:22 27:12 36:27 38:12

Leviticus11:9 11:10

Numbers2:18 11:22 11:31 13:29 21:4 33:8 33:11 34:3 34:6 34:7 34:11 34:12 35:5

Deuteronomy1:7 2:1 3:17 3:27 4:49 11:4 11:24 30:13 33:19 33:23

Joshua1:4 2:10 3:16 4:23 5:1 8:9 8:12 8:13 9:1 11:3 11:4 12:3 12:7 13:27 15:2 15:4 15:5 15:8 15:10 15:12 15:46 15:47 16:3 16:6 16:8 17:10 18:12 18:14 18:15 18:19 19:11 19:26 19:29 19:34 22:7 23:4 24:6 24:7

Judges5:17 7:12 11:16

1 Samuel13:5

2 Samuel17:11 22:16

1 Kings4:20 4:29 5:9 7:23 7:24 7:25 7:39 7:44 9:26 9:27 10:22 18:43 18:44

2 Kings14:25 16:17 25:13 25:16

1 Chronicles9:24 16:32 18:8

2 Chronicles2:16 4:2 4:3 4:4 4:6 4:10 4:15 8:17 8:18 20:2

Ezra3:7

Nehemiah9:6 9:11

Job6:3 7:12 12:8 14:11 26:12 28:14 38:8 38:16 41:31

Psalms8:8 24:2 33:7 65:7 66:6 69:34 72:8 74:13 77:19 78:13 78:53 80:11 89:9 89:25 95:5 96:11 98:7 104:25 106:7 106:9 107:23 114:3 114:5 135:6 136:13 136:15 146:6

Proverbs8:29 23:34 30:19

Ecclesiastes1:7

Isaiah5:30 9:1 10:22 10:26 11:14 11:15 17:12 18:2 19:5 21:1 23:2 23:4 23:11 42:10 43:16 49:12 50:2 51:10 51:15 57:20 60:5 63:11

Jeremiah5:22 6:23 15:8 27:19 31:35 33:22 46:18 47:7 48:32 49:23 50:42 51:36 51:42 52:17 52:20

Lamentations2:13

Ezekiel25:16 26:3 26:5 26:16 26:17 26:18 27:3 27:4 27:9 27:27 27:29 27:33 27:34 28:2 32:2 38:20 39:11 41:12 42:19 45:7 47:8 47:10 47:15 47:17 47:18 47:19 47:20 48:1 48:2 48:3 48:4 48:5 48:6 48:7 48:8 48:10 48:16 48:17 48:18 48:21 48:23 48:24 48:25 48:26 48:27 48:34

Daniel8:4 11:45

Hosea1:10 4:3

Joel2:20

Amos5:8 8:12 9:3 9:6

Jonah1:4 1:5 1:9 1:11 1:12 1:13 1:15 2:3

Micah7:12

Nahum1:4 3:8

Habakkuk1:14 3:8 3:15

Zephaniah1:3 2:5 2:6

Haggai2:6

Zechariah9:4 9:10 10:11 14:4 14:8