〈אָחוֹר〉 ʾāḥôr ‘west’
〈מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ〉 məb̲ôʾ haššemeš ‘west’
〈מַעֲרָב〉 maʿărāb̲ ‘west’
יָם
yām
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-11-25| Primary meaning | west |
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| Literal translation | sea |
| Variants | יָם yām |
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west cardinal direction
וַֽיהֹוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפָּֽרֶד־ל֣וֹט מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה שָׁ֑ם צָפֹ֥נָה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָקֵ֥דְמָה וָיָֽמָּה׃
waihōwāh ʾāmar ʾel-ʾab̲rām ʾaḥărê hippāred̲-lôṭ mēʿimmô śāʾ nāʾ ʿênêk̲ā ûrəʾēh min-hammāqôm ʾăšer-ʾattāh šām ṣāp̲ōnāh wāneg̲bāh wāqēd̲əmāh wāyāmmāh.
‘And יהוה said to Abram, after Lot had parted from him, “Raise your eyes and look out from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west,’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). יָם (Lemma #2562). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2562/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). יָם (Lemma #2562). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2562/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). יָם (Lemma #2562). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2562/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) יָם (Lemma #2562), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2562/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2562,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {יָם ({Lemma} #2562)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2562/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2562/},
}