Original Language Studio
Psalms 77:20
“Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָםyâm · yawm
H3220 · Hebrew
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
- בַּ — preposition with definite article
- יָּ֤ם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 396 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:10Genesis 1:22Genesis 1:26Genesis 1:28Genesis 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.
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.