(Mt. Ephron in the) West
יָםStrong’s H6085yam
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yam is the Hebrew word usually translated “ephron” and “ephrayin”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.23.8
- This name means sea, seaward, westward
How it's translated
- ephron 11
- and ephron 1
- for ephron 1
- ephrayin 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 10
- Joshua 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 23:10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
- Genesis 23:13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
- Genesis 23:14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
- Genesis 23:17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
- Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Hebrew dictionary
עֶפְרוֹן ephron · Ephron
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.23.8; son of: Zohar (H6714) § Ephron = "fawn-like" a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah
יָם yam · (Mt. Ephron in the) West
This name means sea, seaward, westward Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.