Yam (ים) means sea in Hebrew.
It can also mean kai, moana, and afloat. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sea, kai, moana, afloat
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Yam.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מקווה מים מלוחים גדול, אליו זורמים הנהרות והנחלים; (הים גדול יותר מימה וקטן מאוקינוס).
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים, לֵאמֹר; פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים, וְהָעוֹף יִרֶב בָּאָרֶץ.
- 2עממיהרבה.
- 3כיור, כלי קיבול גדול לנוזלים; למשל "ים של בית בד" לאיסוף השמן.
וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַיָּם מוּצָק, עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה מִשְּׁפָתוֹ עַד־שְׂפָתוֹ עָגֹל סָבִיב; וְחָמֵשׁ בָּאַמָּה קוֹמָתוֹ, וְקָו שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּאַמָּה יָסֹב אֹתוֹ סָבִיב.
- 4ימאותבַּיָּם: באוניות; ניגוד ל"בַּחוֹף", "בַּיַּבָּשָׁה".
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yam is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יָם
- Written without vowel points
- ים
- Said
- yam
- Root
- י־מ־מ
- Plural
- יַמִּים
- Inflections
- ר' יַמִּים
- Gematria
- 50
This is how Yam is said in other languages.
- English
- sea, kai, moana, afloat
- Arabic
- بحر
- Russian
- море
- French
- mer
- Spanish
- mar
- German
- Meer, See
- Yiddish
- ים
These words mean nearly the same as Yam.
- בוכטה
- מלא
- המימה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Yam.
These words rhyme with Yam.
The word Yam is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אדם בים
- אופנוע ים
- איי הים
- אמת ים
- אניית ים
- ארי ים
- בגד ים
- בלוט ים
- בת ים
- הטיל לים
- הים האדום
- הים האחרון
- הים הגדול
- הים הפתוח
- הים השחור
- הים התיכון
- השליך לים
- ונוס שעלתה מן הים
- זאב ים
- חוף ים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yam comes from the root י־מ־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Yam in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yam.
What does Yam (ים) mean in Hebrew?
Yam (ים) means sea, kai, and moana. It is said yam, with the stress on yam.
What is a synonym for Yam (ים)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yam (ים) are בוכטה, מלא, and המימה.
What is the opposite of Yam (ים)?
Words that mean the opposite of Yam (ים) are ממל, טיפה, חוף, יבשה, ארץ, and חרבה.
What rhymes with Yam (ים)?
Words that rhyme with Yam (ים) include אדם, דם, עם, סם, עולם, and חכם.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.