Deuteronomy 3:17:8Deut.3.17.W8PAT
יָ֣ם
yam
“sea”
- Transliteration
- YAM
- Extended
- YAAM
- IPA
- /ˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
- French
- mer
- Spanish
- mar
- Portuguese
- mar
- German
- Meer
- Russian
- море
- Arabic-Simplified
- البحر
- Hindi
- समुद्र
- Chinese-Simplified
- 海
- Korean
- 바다
- Indonesian
- laut
- Bengali
- সমুদ্র
- Tagalog
- dagat
- Swahili
- bahari
- Amharic
- ባሕር
- Yoruba
- okun
- Igbo
- oke osimiri
- Twi
- po
- Ewe
- dzi
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
YAM
- phraseyour reading level
YAM ha-MEL-akh
- clause
mih-ki-NE-ret veh-AD YAM hah-a-ra-VAH YAM ha-MEL-akh TA-khat ash-DOT ha-pis-GAH miz-ra-KHAH
- sentence
ve-ha-a-ra-VAH veh-hah-yar-DEN oo-geh-VUL mih-ki-NE-ret veh-AD YAM hah-a-ra-VAH YAM ha-MEL-akh TA-khat ash-DOT ha-pis-GAH miz-ra-KHAH
In context — Deuteronomy 3:17
border and the Jordan and the Arabah from Chinnereth and as far as sea of the Arabah the Salt sea under the slopes of Pisgah eastward
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 3:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 3:17, so the Hebrew word יָ֣ם (yam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.3.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.3.17.W8.S1) and character.