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title: יַם — sea · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יַם (lemma:יַם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: sea. BDB 1906: n.m. sea. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַם

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«יַם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **sea** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:יַם · **BDB:** יַם

### Glosses

the (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sea [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sea [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. sea (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH יָם, √ ימם);—emph. יַמָּא Dn 7:2, 3. יִנְדַּע v. יְדַע.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/)

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וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and four beasts great \[were\].coming.up from the sea \[they.were\].different this.\[one\] from this.\[one\]

*JPS 1917:* And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

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[Daniel 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.2/)

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עָנֵ֤ה דָנִיֵּאל֙ וְאָמַ֔ר חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּחֶזְוִ֖י עִם־לֵֽילְיָ֑א וַאֲר֗וּ אַרְבַּע֙ רוּחֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔א מְגִיחָ֖ן לְיַמָּ֥א רַבָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Daniel and.\[was\] saying seeing I.was in vision my with the night and lo! the.four the.winds of the.heavens \[were\].stirring.up (et) the sea (the) great

*JPS 1917:* Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven broke forth upon the great sea.

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