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Psalms 114:3

“The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָםyâm · yawm
H3220 · Hebrew

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
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to roar;
KJV renderings: sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Grammar: הַ — particle (definite article)
יָּ֣ם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HTd/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 396 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:22 Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 9:2

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָם here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.