Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to roar
yām n, m
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
Mentioned in Genesis 13:14, 1:26, 9:2, 28:14, 12:8, 22:17, 41:49, 14:3, 1:10, 1:22, 1:28, 32:13, 49:13 Exodus 15:10, 27:12, 38:12, 15:1, 10:19, 14:28, 14:9, 14:23, 14:27, 14:2, 14:26, 15:22, 13:18, 15:8, 20:11, 23:31, 14:16, 14:21, 14:30, 15:19, 14:22, 14:29, 26:27, 36:32, 15:21, 15:4, 26:22, 36:27 Codex Leviticus 11:10, 11:9 Numbers 21:4, 34:3, 3:23, 33:10, 2:18, 35:5, 11:22, 11:31, 13:29, 34:12, 33:8, 34:5, 34:6, 34:7, 34:11, 14:25, 33:11 Deuteronomy 11:4, 11:24, 34:2, 1:7, 2:1, 30:13, 33:23, 3:17, 4:49, 3:27, 1:40, 33:19 Joshua 24:6, 3:16, 22:7, 19:34, 8:12, 19:29, 8:9, 9:1, 11:2, 15:8, 15:10, 15:11, 16:3, 18:12, 18:14, 18:15, 18:19, 19:11, 24:7, 12:7, 17:9, 23:4, 4:23, 19:26, 2:10, 5:1, 11:3, 16:8, 17:10, 1:4, 12:3, 15:46, 15:47, 8:13, 11:4, 16:6, 13:27, 15:12, 15:2, 15:4, 15:5 Judges 7:12, 5:17, 11:16 1 Samuel 13:5 2 Samuel 17:11, 22:16 1 Kings 9:26, 18:44, 7:44, 10:22, 7:25, 18:43, 4:20, 5:23, 5:9, 7:23, 7:24, 9:27, 7:39 2 Kings 16:17, 25:16, 14:25, 25:13 Isaiah 11:14, 11:11, 5:30, 24:15, 60:5, 8:23, 23:2, 42:10, 63:11, 50:2, 18:2, 23:11, 49:12, 51:15, 10:22, 16:8, 23:4, 43:16, 11:9, 21:1, 27:1, 11:15, 51:10, 24:14, 48:18, 57:20, 10:26, 17:12, 19:5 Jeremiah 31:35, 52:20, 25:22, 47:7, 6:23, 50:42, 27:19, 15:8, 5:22, 51:36, 46:18, 49:23, 49:21, 33:22, 52:17, 51:42, 48:32 Ezekiel 25:16, 26:17, 28:2, 32:2, 38:20, 26:3, 26:5, 27:3, 45:7, 48:1, 48:2, 48:3, 48:4, 48:5, 48:6, 48:7, 48:8, 48:23, 48:24, 48:25, 48:26, 48:27, 48:34, 48:21, 26:18, 27:27, 27:29, 27:32, 41:12, 42:19, 46:19, 47:8, 47:19, 48:28, 48:10, 48:16, 48:18, 27:9, 27:25, 26:16, 27:33, 47:15, 47:18, 27:26, 39:11, 47:17, 47:20, 27:4, 47:10, 48:17, 28:8, 27:34 Hosea 4:3, 11:10, 2:1 Joel 2:20 Amos 9:6, 9:3, 5:8, 8:12 Jonah 1:5, 1:4, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 2:4 Micah 7:12, 7:19 Nahum 3:8, 1:4 Habakkuk 1:14, 3:8, 2:14, 3:15 Zephaniah 2:5, 1:3, 2:6 Haggai 2:6 Zechariah 9:4, 14:8, 9:10, 10:11, 14:4 Psalms 106:7, 93:4, 68:23, 33:7, 114:3, 114:5, 139:9, 78:53, 104:25, 80:12, 65:6, 146:6, 107:23, 72:8, 8:9, 46:3, 69:35, 96:11, 106:22, 107:3, 135:6, 95:5, 74:13, 89:10, 78:13, 136:13, 65:8, 106:9, 77:20, 24:2, 66:6, 78:27, 136:15, 89:26, 98:7 Proverbs 30:19, 8:29, 23:34 Job 12:8, 36:30, 14:11, 28:14, 7:12, 11:9, 9:8, 38:16, 38:8, 6:3, 26:12, 41:23 Lamentations 2:13 Ecclesiastes 1:7 Esther 10:1 Daniel 11:45, 8:4 Ezra 3:7 Nehemiah 9:9, 9:11, 9:6 1 Chronicles 9:24, 16:32, 18:8 2 Chronicles 8:17, 8:18, 4:15, 4:4, 4:2, 4:3, 20:2, 2:15, 4:6, 4:10