Ezekiel 28:8 — Word Study
WLCלַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃
BSAThey will bring you downyârad▸ [to destruction, to the underworld] to the Pitshachath [a place of grave, corruption] and you will diemâmôwth [meet your end, perish] a violentchâlâl [horrible, brutal] deathmûwth [the death of them that are slain] in the heartlêb [center, midst] of the seasyâm [large bodies of water, the Mediterranean]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| לַשַּׁ֖חַת | to the pit | Preposition, noun common feminine singular absolute |
| יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ | they will bring down you | Verb hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural, suffix |
| וָמַ֛תָּה | and you will die | Verb, Qal, sequential perfect second person masculine singular |
| מְמוֹתֵ֥י | [the] death of | Noun common, masculine plural construct |
| חָלָ֖ל | [the] slain | Adj |
| בְּלֵ֥ב | in [the] heart of | Preposition, noun common masculine singular construct |
| יַמִּֽים׃ | [the] seas | Noun common, masculine plural absolute |
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| BSB | They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas. |
| KJV | They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. |
| ASV | They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas. |
| YLT | To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas. |
| WEB | They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas. |
| BBE | They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas. |
Where they part company is מְמוֹתֵ֥י — see How Translations Differ.
One main verb governs the sentence, with additional phrases detailing the consequences and location of the king's downfall.
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verbמוּת
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Deep Study — Ezekiel 28:8
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Context — The Judgment Against Tyregenerated
Ezekiel 28:8 is part of a larger prophecy where the Lord declares judgment against the king of Tyre. This judgment is a response to the pride and arrogance of Tyre, illustrating the consequences of defiance against God. The surrounding verses emphasize the fall of Tyre and the fate that awaits its ruler, highlighting themes of destruction and mortality.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezekiel 32:18–30 | “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit: |
| 2 | Job 17:16 | Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?” |
| 3 | Job 33:18–28 | to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword. |
| 4 | Psalm 28:1 | To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. |
| 5 | Psalm 30:9 | “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness? |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 11 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — שַׁחַת, sha.chatgenerated
The noun שַׁחַת (shachath) refers to a pit or grave, often symbolizing destruction or corruption. It is derived from a root indicating destruction and can be used both literally and figuratively, as seen in various biblical contexts.
In this verse, it signifies the ultimate fate of the king of Tyre, indicating a descent into ruin and death. The use of this term underscores the severity of the judgment pronounced.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb יֽוֹרִד֑וּ, they will bring down, governs the sentence, with a prepositional phrase describing the destination (to the Pit) and a second clause detailing the consequence (you will die). This structure emphasizes the action of bringing down as central to the judgment.
The sentence is built around the main verb, with the phrases expanding on the nature of the downfall and the violent death that follows. The Hebrew word order places emphasis on the impending doom.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates שַׁחַת as ἀπώλειαν — destruction — which conveys a similar sense of ruin but broadens the implication to include a more general sense of loss or annihilation.
This choice reflects a slight interpretative shift, emphasizing not just the physical grave but the broader concept of total destruction.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Ezekiel 28:8 warns the king of Tyre that he will be brought down to the Pit and die a violent death in the heart of the seas. This judgment highlights the consequences of pride and rebellion against God.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
'The Pit' refers to a grave or a place of destruction, symbolizing the ultimate fate awaiting the king of Tyre.
The term 'violent' indicates the brutal nature of the king's end, reflecting the severity of God's judgment.
Dying 'in the heart of the seas' suggests a sense of being overwhelmed and isolated, emphasizing the totality of the king's downfall.
This verse exemplifies the theme of divine judgment against pride and arrogance, a recurring message throughout Ezekiel's prophecies.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What are some examples of pride leading to downfall in my own life or in history?
- How can I ensure humility in my own actions and decisions?
- In what ways do I see the consequences of rebellion against God in the world around me?
- How can I apply the lessons from this judgment to my own spiritual journey?
Commentators on this verse — 5 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Ezekiel 28:8 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThey shall bring thee down to the pit,.... Or, "to corruption" (k); to the grave, the pit of corruption and destruction; so antichrist shall go into perdition, into the bottomless pit from whence he
Read John Gill on Ezekiel 28 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryThey shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Read Robert Jamieson on Ezekiel 28 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThese strangers shall slay thee, which is a blemish to the honour of a king thus to be brought to the pit. The pit; a usual periphrasis of death and the grave. The deaths; in the plural, because of the many terrors, dangers, and wounds such meet with, the successive deaths, slain, drowned, eat of fish, cast upon shore, and become meat to sea fowl. In the midst of the seas; if literally understood, thou shalt die as other common mariners, and be cast overboard; if figuratively, seas for great distresses, then amidst multitude of deep distresses thou shalt meet with more than one death, be often dying.
Read Matthew Poole on Ezekiel 28 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsEzekiel 28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of [them that are] slain in the midst of the seas.Ver. 8. They shall bring thee down to the pit.] There shall lie the greatness of the god of Tyre. And thou shalt die the death.] Death will make no difference between a prince and a peasant, a lord and a lowly. The mortal scythe is master of the royal sceptre.
Read John Trapp on Ezekiel 28 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Deaths.—The plural accurately represents the rare form of the original, and indicates emphatically a violent death.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Ezekiel 28 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.
Tyndale line
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.
They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
They shall cast thee downe to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of them, that are slaine in the middes of the sea.
Strictly literal
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.
To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.
They bring you down to destruction, || You die by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.
Down to the grave will they cast thee, and thou shalt die the deaths of the slain in the heart of the seas.
They will send you down to the pit, and you will die the death of those who die in the heart of the seas.
From the Latin
They shall kill thee, and bring thee down: and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain in the heart of the sea.
Simplified
They will drag you down into the grave. You will die horribly out there in the sea.
They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree closely in this verse, with all seven words matched. The Septuagint's wording corresponds directly to the Hebrew, though its order may differ, indicating a consistent understanding of the passage.
לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃
7 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Ezekiel 28:8
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Hebrew word שַׁ֫חַת (shachath) means 'pit' and is derived from a root that suggests destruction or corruption. It covers a range of meanings including a physical pit, grave, and figuratively, hell or destruction. The entries note its use in contexts related to traps and Sheol, the grave.
שַׁ֫חַת n.f. pit
base
H7845 שַׁ֫חַת pit
7845 shachath shakh'-ath
from 7743; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively,
destruction:--corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
see HEBREW for 07743
שַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) — Pit: hell.
Pit, of hell
Another name of she.ol (שְׁאוֹל "Sheol" H7585)
This name means pit, grave
שַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) — pit: grave.
1) pit, destruction, grave
1a) pit (for catching lions)
Prep | N-fs — Preposition · noun common feminine singular absoluteHRd/Ncfsa
The word translates different Hebrew words of which the most important are:
(1) bor, "pit" or "cistern," made by digging, (Ge 37:20); hence, "dungeon" (Jer 38:6, margin "pit");
(2) be'er, "pit" or "well" made by digging (Ge 21:25);
(3) she'ol, generally rendered "hell" in the King James Version (see HELL);
Pit
A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Ps. 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).
[HELL]
A reservoir, either natural or artificial, for water. Pits were sometimes used as dungeons, Ge 37:20; Jer 38:6; or being slightly covered, and baited, they served as traps to catch wild beasts, a device which illustrates the plots of designing men and women, Ps 119:85; Pr 22:14; 26:27; Eze 19:4. The word pit is also used to denote the grave, Ps 28:1; 30:3,9; and hell, Re 20:1.
The Hebrew word יָרַד (yarad) means to come or go down, covering various contexts such as descending from mountains, going to battle, or sinking in water. It can also refer to divine manifestations descending or being prostrated. The word has different forms including Qal, Hiphil, and Hophal, which indicate various nuances of bringing down or being brought down.
יָרַד 380 vb. come or go down, descend
Qal 306
come or go down
go down (usu. from mountain or hill-country into plain), to battle
go down to (acc.) threshing-floor
go down (abs.) from Palestine to Egypt
from Jerusalem
from altar
go down
= sink, in water
go down to She’ôl
fig. going down (dissolving) in tears
= be prostrated
of divine manifestations: descend
of inanimate things
Hiph.
cause to come or go down
bring down
send down rain = cause to flow down
= lay prostrate to (acc.) threshing-floor
bring down to She’ôl
take down (from cart)
let down
Hoph.
be brought down
be taken down
base
H3381 יָרַד come or go down, descend .. . come or go down
. go down (usu. from mountain or hill-country into plain), to battle
. go down to (acc.) threshing-floor
. go down (abs.) from Palestine to Egypt
. from Jerusalem
. from altar
. go down
. = sink, in water
. go down to She’ôl
. fig. going down (dissolving) in tears
. = be prostrated
. of divine manifestations: descend
. of inanimate things
. . cause to come or go down . bring down
. send down rain = cause to flow down
. = lay prostrate to (acc.) threshing-floor
. bring down to She’ôl
. take down (from cart)
. let down
. . be brought down
. be taken down
3381 yarad yaw-rad'
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or
conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary,
the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to
bring down (in all the above applications); -X abundantly,
bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down,
fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X
indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to,
let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
יָרַד (ya.rad) — to go down.
1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go or come down
1a2) to sink
1a3) to be prostrated
1a4) to come down (of revelation)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to bring down
1b2) to send down
1b3) to take down
1b4) to lay prostrate
1b5) to let down
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought down
1c2) to be taken down
V-Hiphil-Imperf-3mp | Suff — Verb hiphil imperfect third person masculine plural · suffixHVhi3mp/Sp2ms
מוּת (mūth) is a Hebrew verb meaning 'to die' or 'to kill.' It encompasses a range of meanings from dying naturally to being executed as a penalty. The word can refer to both humans and animals, and it includes various forms such as causing death or being killed. There is a distinction in usage based on the subject, whether it is a person or God inflicting death.
מוּת vb. die
Qal
die, of natural or other causes
die as a penalty = be put to death
Po‛lel. kill, put to death, despatch (intens.)
Hiph.
abs., elsewhere c. acc., subj. man
subj. God, by inflicting penalty
of animals killing men
bring to a premature death
Hoph. be killed, put to death
base
H4191 מוּת die .. die, of natural or other causes
. die as a penalty = be put to death
. kill, put to death, despatch (intens.)
. . abs., elsewhere c. acc., subj. man
. subj. God, by inflicting penalty
. of animals killing men
. bring to a premature death
. be killed, put to death
4191 muwth mooth
a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively);
causatively, to kill:--X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body,
man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to,
be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs,
slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
מוּת (mut) — to die.
1) to die, kill, have one executed
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to die
1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death
1a3) to die, perish (of a nation)
1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)
1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch
1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be killed, be put to death
1d1a) to die prematurely
Conj | V-Qal-2ms — Verb · Qal · sequential perfect second person masculine singularHc/Vqq2ms
(muth, gawa`; apothnesko, teleutao): "To die," etc., is of very frequent occurrence, and in the Old Testament is generally the translation of muth, meaning perhaps originally, "to be stretched out" or "prostrate." "To die," should be the consequence of eating the forbidden fruit (Ge 2:17; compare Ge 20:7; 2Ki 1:4,6). "Die" is commonly used of natural death (Ge 5:8; 25:8). It is used also of violent death (Ge 26:9,11; Ex 21:20); punitive (Ex 19:12; 21:12,14; 28:43; Nu…
מָמוֹת (mamowth) refers to death, specifically in the plural form. It is derived from the root word for a mortal disease and can also denote a corpse. The entries consistently emphasize its association with death without significant disagreement among the lexicons.
[מָמוֹת] n.[m.] only pl. death (cf. Ar. Arabic)
base
H4463 מָמוֹת
4463 mamowth maw-mothe'
from 4191; a mortal disease; concretely, a corpse:--death.
see HEBREW for 04191
מָמוֹת (ma.mot) — death.
death
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural constructHNcmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
חָלָל (chalal) primarily means 'pierced' or 'slain,' often in a context of fatal wounding. It can also refer to something that is 'profaned' or 'defiled.' The word is built from the root associated with piercing and carries both literal and figurative meanings related to death and pollution.
חָלָל 90 n.m. pierced
pierced, fatally wounded
slain
base
חָלָל adj. profaned
base
H2491a חָלָל pierced H2491b חָלָל profaned
2491 chalal khaw-lawl'
from 2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively,
polluted:--kill, profane, slain (man), X slew, (deadly)
wounded.
see HEBREW for 02490
חָלָל (cha.lal) — slain: killed.
: killed
1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced
1a) pierced, fatally wounded
1b) slain
Also means: cha.lal (חָלָל ": wounded" H2491H)
חָלָל (cha.lal) — profaned.
adj
1) (CLBL) profaned
1a) defiled, profaned (by divorce)
חָלָל (cha.lal) — slain: wounded.
: wounded
1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced
1a) pierced, fatally wounded
1b) slain
Adj — AdjHAamsa
The Hebrew word לֵב (lev) means 'heart' and encompasses the inner man, mind, will, and emotions. It refers to the center of feelings, intellect, and moral character, as well as the seat of appetites and courage. The entries suggest a broad range of meanings related to human experience and thought, with a specific mention of its use in Jeremiah 51:1.
לֵב 599 n.m. (f.) inner man, mind, will, heart
seldom of things in the midst of the sea
elsewhere of men
the inner man in contrast with the outer
the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will
specific reference to mind
spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will
spec. ref. to conscience
[various]
for the man himself
as seat of appetites
as seat of emotions and passions
seat of courage
base
לֵב קָמָי prob. late Atbash Je 51:1.
ref
H3820a לֵב inner man, mind, will, heart . seldom of things in the midst of the sea
. elsewhere of men . the inner man in contrast with the outer
. the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will
. specific reference to mind
. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will
. spec. ref. to conscience
. [various]
. for the man himself
. as seat of appetites
. as seat of emotions and passions
. seat of courage
H3820b לֵב קָמָי prob. late Atbash
3820 leb labe
a form of 3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very
widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect;
likewise for the centre of anything:--+ care for, comfortably,
consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-),
(hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X
heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X
themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly,
wisdom.
see HEBREW for 03824
לֵב (lev) — heart.
1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage
לֵב (lev) — Leb.
§ Leb- = "heart of"
(probably a cryptic name for Babylon by Atbash)
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular constructHR/Ncmsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
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יָם (yam) means 'sea' and refers to various large bodies of water, including the Mediterranean, Red, and Dead Seas, as well as the Sea of Galilee. It can also denote a mighty river like the Nile and has geographical implications, indicating directions such as west or south. The term is derived from a root meaning to roar, suggesting the noise of breaking surf.
יָם 390 n.m. sea
base
H3220 יָם sea
3220 yam yawm
from an unused root meaning to roar; 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:--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern,
side, -ward).
יָם (yam) — sea.
: sea
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
יָם (yam) — sea: west.
: west
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
יָם (yam) — (Mt. Ephron in the) West.
This name means sea, seaward, westward
Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural absoluteHNcmpa