Strong's H3220 – יָם yam (yawm)

1. a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water 2. specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea 3. sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin 4. locally, the west, or (rarely) the south [from an unused root meaning to roar]

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יָם occurs 395 times in the Old Testament

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

הַיָּ֜ם — Occurs 140 times as — Article | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Genesis 1:26
יָם֙ — Occurs 53 times as — Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Exodus 10:19
יָ֥מָּה — Occurs 47 times as — Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular — e.g. Genesis 28:14
יָ֥ם — Occurs 38 times as — Noun - masculine singular construct — e.g. Genesis 14:3
בַּיָּ֑ם — Occurs 23 times as — Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Exodus 14:28
יַמִּ֑ים — Occurs 21 times as — Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Genesis 1:10
מִיָּם֙ — Occurs 15 times as — Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Genesis 12:8
הַיָּֽמָּה׃ — Occurs 10 times as — Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular — e.g. Numbers 34:5
וְהַיָּ֥ם — Occurs 7 times as — Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Joshua 15:47
וָיָֽמָּה׃ — Occurs 6 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular — e.g. Genesis 13:14
בַּיַּמִּ֔ים — Occurs 5 times as — Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Genesis 1:22
לַיָּ֖ם — Occurs 5 times as — Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Deuteronomy 30:13
בְיַם־ — Occurs 5 times as — Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct — e.g. Exodus 15:4
כַּיָּ֣ם — Occurs 4 times as — Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Isaiah 57:20
מִיַּם־ — Occurs 3 times as — Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct — e.g. Exodus 15:22
וּמִיָּ֔ם — Occurs 3 times as — Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Joshua 11:3
וְיָ֥ם — Occurs 3 times as — Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular — e.g. Job 28:14
מִיַּמִּ֑ים — Occurs 3 times as — Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural — e.g. Ezekiel 26:17
לְיַם־ — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct — Joshua 4:23
לַיָּ֛מָּה — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular — Joshua 19:11
הַיַּמִּים֙ — Occurs 1 time as — Article | Noun - masculine plural — Nehemiah 9:6
מֵֽהַיָּ֑ם — Occurs 1 time as — Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular — Isaiah 19:5
יַמָּ֔הּ — Occurs 1 time as — Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular — Jeremiah 51:36