Biblia

Sea, The Great

Sea, The Great ( , ha-yam ha-gadhol): 1. Names of the Sea: This is the name given to the Mediterranean, which formed the western boundary of Palestine (Num 34:6 f; Jos 15:12, Jos 15:47; Eze 47:19 f; Eze 48:28). It is also called the hinder sea (Hebrew ha-yam ha-‘aharon), i.e. the western sea (Deu 11:24; … Continue reading “Sea, The Great”

Sea, The

Sea, The (Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isa. 19:5), the Euphrates (Isa. 21:1; Jer. 51:36); (3) the Red Sea (Ex. 14:16, 27; 15:4, etc.); (4) the Mediterranean (Ex. 23:31; Num. 34:6, 7; Josh. 15:47; Ps. 80:11, etc.); (5) the “sea … Continue reading “Sea, The”

Sea, Red

Sea, Red The northwest arm of the Indian Ocean, about 1400 miles long and 200 miles wide, lying between Arabia on the east, and Africa on the west, connected with the Mediterranean Sea by the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal, and with the Indian Ocean by the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb. No important river … Continue reading “Sea, Red”