יָם

יָםm. (b. h.) sea, lake, reservoir. Ber.54b יורדי הים seafarers (on landing). B. Bath.74b יַמָּהּ של טבריא the Lake of Tiberias; ים הגדול the Mediterranean Ocean. Gitt.8a ים אוקיינוס; (Tosef.Ter.II, 14; a. e. only אוק׳).Bekh.13b, a. fr. ים המלח the Dead Sea; a. fr.Pl. יַמִּים, B. Bath. l. c.; a. fr.Esp. a) the cosmetic paint bottle. Cant. R. to I, 3, v. זַכְרוּת.b) יַם נפה the receiver of flour at sifting or in the mill. Kel. XV, 3; (Tosef. ib. B. Mets. V, 5 only נפה). Zab. IV, 2 (only הים).c) the receptacle in the wine or oil press, tank. B. Bath.IV, 5.d) the water reservoir in the Solomonic Temple. Zeb.62b; Yoma 58b; a. e.Fem. form: יַמָּה. Y.Shek.V, 48d לְיַמָּתִי (I offer a sacrifice) for my yammah, סברין מימר שופעת כים they thought she meant that she had a hemorrhage (flowing like a sea), אמר לון בימה סכנת said he to us, she was in danger on sea; Men.64b, v. זִיבָה).