ים
See also: ־ים and י־ם
Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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י־מ־ם (y-m-m) |
A Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jam/
- Rhymes: -am
Noun
יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- sea, ocean
- 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.
- Jonah 1:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- (biblical) west (cardinal direction)
- 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.
- Genesis 12:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- (slang) a lot
- the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)
Synonyms
- (compass point): מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv)
Antonyms
- (compass point): קֶדֶם (kédem) (archaic)
- (compass point): מִזְרָח (mizrakh)
Hyponyms
- הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (hayám hatikhón)
- יַם הַמֶּלַח (Yam HaMelakh)
- יַם סוּף (yam súf)
Derived terms
- בַּת יָם (bat yam)
- יַמַּאי (yama'í)
- כּוֹכַב יָם (kokháv yam)
- כֶּלֶב יָם (kélev yám)
- מֶלַח יָם
- מְלָפְפוֹן יָם (m'laf'fon yam)
- מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם (me'éver layám)
- סוּס יָם (sus yám)
- סַרְטַן יָם (sartán yám)
- בגד ים (béged yám)
- שׁוֹדֵד יָם (shodéd yam)
- עֵיטָם (eitám)
References
- 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
- ים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
- מי, מ״י
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew ים (yam).
Noun
ים • (yam) m, plural ימים (yamem) or ימען (yamen)
- sea, ocean
Derived terms
- אײַז־ים (ayz-yam)
- ברעג ים (breg yam)
- גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים (gey kakn oyfn yam)
- ים־גרונט (yam-grunt)