Genesis 14:3:6Gen.14.3.W6PAT
יָ֥ם
yam
“the sea of”
- Transliteration
- YAM
- Extended
- YAAM
- IPA
- /ˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sea of
- French
- la mer de
- Spanish
- el mar de
- Portuguese
- o mar de
- German
- das Meer des
- Russian
- море
- Arabic-Simplified
- بحر
- Hindi
- समुद्र
- Chinese-Simplified
- 海
- Korean
- 바다
- Indonesian
- laut
- Bengali
- সমুদ্র
- Tagalog
- dagat ng
- Swahili
- bahari ya
- Amharic
- ባሕር
- Yoruba
- okun ti
- Igbo
- oke osimiri nke
- Twi
- po
- Ewe
- atsi de
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-ME-lakh
- clause
HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
In context — Genesis 14:3
all these joined to the valley of Siddim that is the sea of salt
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:3, so the Hebrew word יָ֥ם (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 Gen.14.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.3.W6.S1) and character.