H3221 H3221
the sea (Aramaic noun used in Daniel's vision of beasts from the great sea)
This is the Aramaic word for 'sea,' appearing only in Daniel's apocalyptic vision of four beasts rising from the great sea. The word is cognate to the Hebrew 'yam' and appears in Syriac and Targumic Aramaic with the same meaning. In Daniel 7, the sea represents chaos and the realm from which hostile kingdoms emerge in God's prophetic timetable. Both occurrences appear with the Aramaic emphatic state (definite article), referring to 'the sea' as a specific cosmic symbol.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An Aramaic noun meaning 'sea,' appearing in Daniel's vision of the four beasts (Dan 7:2, 3). The vision describes the four winds churning up 'the great sea' from which four beasts emerge, representing successive empires. Both occurrences use the emphatic/definite form 'yamma' (the sea). Multilingual renderings are consistent: English 'the sea,' Spanish 'el mar' or 'hacia el mar' (toward the sea), confirming understanding of this Aramaic term for the chaotic sea from which Daniel's beasts arise. 2×
AR["الْبَحْرِ", "عَلَى-الْبَحْرِ"]·ben["-সাগরকে", "সাগর"]·DE["[ימא]", "[לימא]"]·EN["the-sea"]·FR["[ימא]", "[לימא]"]·heb["ה-ים", "ל-ים"]·HI["को-समुद्र", "समुद्र"]·ID["-laut"]·IT["[ימא]", "[לימא]"]·jav["dhateng-segara", "segara"]·KO["그-바다에서", "에-바다"]·PT["mar", "o-mar"]·RU["море", "моря"]·ES["el-mar", "hacia-el-mar"]·SW["bahari", "kwa-bahari"]·TR["denizden", "üzerine-"]·urd["سمندر", "سمندر-پر"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יַם] n.m. sea (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH יָם, √ ימם);—emph. יַמָּא Dn 7:2, 3. יִנְדַּע v. יְדַע.