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Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /jam/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: יָם [canonical], yam [romanization], יַמִּים [indefinite, plural], יַם־ [construct, singular], יַמֵּי־ [construct, plural]
Rhymes: -am Etymology: Root י־מ־ם (y-m-m) A Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare earlier Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”) which preserves the prototypical /w/ of this root, and distantly related Somali webi (“river”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ). From Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”). Etymology templates: {{l|he|י־מ־ם|tr=y-m-m}} י־מ־ם (y-m-m), {{HE root|ימם}} Root י־מ־ם (y-m-m), {{cog|xeb|𒉿𒈬|t=sea|tr=wamû}} Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”), {{cog|so|webi|t=river}} Somali webi (“river”), {{cog|uga|𐎊𐎎}} Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), {{cog|syc|ܝܡܐ|tr=yammāʾ}} Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ), {{inh|he|sem-pro|*wamm-|t=sea, river}} Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=יַם|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|pl=יַמִּים|plcons=יַמֵּי|tr=yam|wv=יָם}} יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. sea, ocean Categories (place): Landforms, Seas
    Sense id: en-ים-he-noun-9~iFvwXM Disambiguation of Landforms: 45 46 3 6 Disambiguation of Seas: 46 46 3 5
  2. (biblical) west (cardinal direction) Categories (topical): Bible Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms, Seas Synonyms (compass point): מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv)
    Sense id: en-ים-he-noun-D5vREpBg Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 38 53 3 5 Disambiguation of Landforms: 45 46 3 6 Disambiguation of Seas: 46 46 3 5 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew entries with topic categories using raw markup, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־מ־ם, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 1 89 1 8 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 80 10 8 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 2 90 2 7 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 2 90 2 7 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־מ־ם: 7 61 7 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 7 61 7 26 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'compass point': 5 74 11 10
  3. (slang) a lot Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ים-he-noun-zEIeGBOf
  4. the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)
    Sense id: en-ים-he-noun-oeQ4IQd8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: הַיָּם הַכַּסְפִּי (hayám hakaspí), הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (hayám hatikhón), יַם הַמֶּלַח (Yam HaMelakh), יַם סוּף (yam súf)
Derived forms: אֲרִי יָם (arí yam), בַּת יָם (english: bat yam), זְאֵב־הַיָּם (ze'év hayám), יַמַּאי (yama'í), כּוֹבַע יָם (kóva yam), כּוֹכַב יָם (kokháv yam), כֶּלֶב יָם (kélev yám), מֶלַח יָם, מְלָפְפוֹן יָם (m'laf'fon yam), מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם (me'éver layám), מֵצַר יָם (meitsár yam), סוּס יָם (sus yám), סַרְטַן יָם (sartán yám), בגד ים (béged yám), עֵיטָם (eitám), שׁוֹדֵד יָם (shodéd yam), שוד ים (english: shod yam), שֹׁד יָם (english: shod yam)

Noun [Yiddish]

Forms: yam [romanization], yamem [romanization], yamen [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew ים (yam). Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|ים|tr=yam}} Hebrew ים (yam) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=ים|sort=|tr=yam}} ים • (yam) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|head=ים|pl=ימים|pl2=ימען|pl2tr=yamen|pltr=yamem|tr=yam}} ים • (yam) m, plural ימים (yamem) or ימען (yamen)
  1. sea, ocean Categories (place): Seas Synonyms: מער Derived forms: אײַז־ים (ayz-yam), ברעג ים (breg yam), גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים (gey kakn oyfn yam), ים־פֿרוכט (yam-frukht), ים־גרונט (english: yam-grunt)

Inflected forms

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kédem",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"compass point\"",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "קֶדֶם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mizrakh",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"compass point\"",
      "word": "מִזְרָח"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "arí yam",
      "word": "אֲרִי יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bat yam",
      "word": "בַּת יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ze'év hayám",
      "word": "זְאֵב־הַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yama'í",
      "word": "יַמַּאי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kóva yam",
      "word": "כּוֹבַע יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kokháv yam",
      "word": "כּוֹכַב יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kélev yám",
      "word": "כֶּלֶב יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "מֶלַח יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "m'laf'fon yam",
      "word": "מְלָפְפוֹן יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "me'éver layám",
      "word": "מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "meitsár yam",
      "word": "מֵצַר יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sus yám",
      "word": "סוּס יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sartán yám",
      "word": "סַרְטַן יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "béged yám",
      "word": "בגד ים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eitám",
      "word": "עֵיטָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shodéd yam",
      "word": "שׁוֹדֵד יָם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "shod yam",
      "word": "שוד ים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "shod yam",
      "word": "שֹׁד יָם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "י־מ־ם",
        "tr": "y-m-m"
      },
      "expansion": "י־מ־ם (y-m-m)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ימם"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n י־מ־ם (y-m-m)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xeb",
        "2": "𒉿𒈬",
        "t": "sea",
        "tr": "wamû"
      },
      "expansion": "Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "webi",
        "t": "river"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali webi (“river”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎊𐎎"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܝܡܐ",
        "tr": "yammāʾ"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*wamm-",
        "t": "sea, river"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n י־מ־ם (y-m-m)\nA Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare earlier Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”) which preserves the prototypical /w/ of this root, and distantly related Somali webi (“river”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ). From Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "יָם",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַמִּים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַם־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַמֵּי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "יַם",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pl": "יַמִּים",
        "plcons": "יַמֵּי",
        "tr": "yam",
        "wv": "יָם"
      },
      "expansion": "יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hayám hakaspí",
      "word": "הַיָּם הַכַּסְפִּי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hayám hatikhón",
      "word": "הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yam HaMelakh",
      "word": "יַם הַמֶּלַח"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yam súf",
      "word": "יַם סוּף"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 46 3 6",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "he:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 46 3 5",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Seas",
          "orig": "he:Seas",
          "parents": [
            "Bodies of water",
            "Places",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Chemistry",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea, ocean"
      ],
      "id": "en-ים-he-noun-9~iFvwXM",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "he:Bible",
          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 89 1 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 80 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 90 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 90 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 61 7 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־מ־ם",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 61 7 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 53 3 5",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "he:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Sciences",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 46 3 6",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "he:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 46 3 5",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Seas",
          "orig": "he:Seas",
          "parents": [
            "Bodies of water",
            "Places",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Chemistry",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "west (cardinal direction)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ים-he-noun-D5vREpBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) west (cardinal direction)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 74 11 10",
          "roman": "ma'aráv",
          "sense": "compass point",
          "word": "מַעֲרָב"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a lot"
      ],
      "id": "en-ים-he-noun-zEIeGBOf",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) a lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ים-he-noun-oeQ4IQd8"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jam/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-am"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ים"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ים",
        "tr": "yam"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew ים (yam)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew ים (yam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yamem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yamen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "ים",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "yam"
      },
      "expansion": "ים • (yam) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "ים",
        "pl": "ימים",
        "pl2": "ימען",
        "pl2tr": "yamen",
        "pltr": "yamem",
        "tr": "yam"
      },
      "expansion": "ים • (yam) m, plural ימים (yamem) or ימען (yamen)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Yiddish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Seas",
          "orig": "yi:Seas",
          "parents": [
            "Bodies of water",
            "Places",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Chemistry",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ayz-yam",
          "word": "אײַז־ים"
        },
        {
          "roman": "breg yam",
          "word": "ברעג ים"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gey kakn oyfn yam",
          "word": "גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yam-frukht",
          "word": "ים־פֿרוכט"
        },
        {
          "english": "yam-grunt",
          "word": "ים־גרונט"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea, ocean"
      ],
      "id": "en-ים-yi-noun-9~iFvwXM",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "מער"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ים"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kédem",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"compass point\"",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "קֶדֶם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mizrakh",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"compass point\"",
      "word": "מִזְרָח"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־מ־ם",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/am",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/am/1 syllable",
    "he:Bodies of water",
    "he:Landforms",
    "he:Seas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "arí yam",
      "word": "אֲרִי יָם"
    },
    {
      "english": "bat yam",
      "word": "בַּת יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ze'év hayám",
      "word": "זְאֵב־הַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yama'í",
      "word": "יַמַּאי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kóva yam",
      "word": "כּוֹבַע יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokháv yam",
      "word": "כּוֹכַב יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kélev yám",
      "word": "כֶּלֶב יָם"
    },
    {
      "word": "מֶלַח יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "m'laf'fon yam",
      "word": "מְלָפְפוֹן יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "me'éver layám",
      "word": "מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "meitsár yam",
      "word": "מֵצַר יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sus yám",
      "word": "סוּס יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sartán yám",
      "word": "סַרְטַן יָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "béged yám",
      "word": "בגד ים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eitám",
      "word": "עֵיטָם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shodéd yam",
      "word": "שׁוֹדֵד יָם"
    },
    {
      "english": "shod yam",
      "word": "שוד ים"
    },
    {
      "english": "shod yam",
      "word": "שֹׁד יָם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "י־מ־ם",
        "tr": "y-m-m"
      },
      "expansion": "י־מ־ם (y-m-m)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ימם"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n י־מ־ם (y-m-m)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xeb",
        "2": "𒉿𒈬",
        "t": "sea",
        "tr": "wamû"
      },
      "expansion": "Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "webi",
        "t": "river"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali webi (“river”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎊𐎎"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܝܡܐ",
        "tr": "yammāʾ"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*wamm-",
        "t": "sea, river"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n י־מ־ם (y-m-m)\nA Northwest Semitic innovation. Compare earlier Eblaite 𒉿𒈬 (wamû, “sea”) which preserves the prototypical /w/ of this root, and distantly related Somali webi (“river”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎊𐎎 (ym), Classical Syriac ܝܡܐ (yammāʾ). From Proto-Semitic *wamm- (“sea, river”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "יָם",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַמִּים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַם־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַמֵּי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "יַם",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pl": "יַמִּים",
        "plcons": "יַמֵּי",
        "tr": "yam",
        "wv": "יָם"
      },
      "expansion": "יָם • (yam) m (plural indefinite יַמִּים, singular construct יַם־, plural construct יַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hayám hakaspí",
      "word": "הַיָּם הַכַּסְפִּי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hayám hatikhón",
      "word": "הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yam HaMelakh",
      "word": "יַם הַמֶּלַח"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yam súf",
      "word": "יַם סוּף"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sea, ocean"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "west (cardinal direction)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) west (cardinal direction)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lot"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) a lot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the bottom grindstone (used for grinding flour)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jam/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-am"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ma'aráv",
      "sense": "compass point",
      "word": "מַעֲרָב"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ים"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ayz-yam",
      "word": "אײַז־ים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "breg yam",
      "word": "ברעג ים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gey kakn oyfn yam",
      "word": "גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yam-frukht",
      "word": "ים־פֿרוכט"
    },
    {
      "english": "yam-grunt",
      "word": "ים־גרונט"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ים",
        "tr": "yam"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew ים (yam)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew ים (yam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yamem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yamen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "ים",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "yam"
      },
      "expansion": "ים • (yam) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "ים",
        "pl": "ימים",
        "pl2": "ימען",
        "pl2tr": "yamen",
        "pltr": "yamem",
        "tr": "yam"
      },
      "expansion": "ים • (yam) m, plural ימים (yamem) or ימען (yamen)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Seas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea, ocean"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "ocean",
          "ocean"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "מער"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ים"
}

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