Yam

"Sea." In the Bible, various passages speak of a primeval combat between God and a monster.1 It is variously styled as Yam, Nahar, Tannin, Leviathan, or Rahab.

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References

Notes

  1. Isa. 51:9-10; Hab. 3:8; Ps. 74:13, 89:9-10.

Source

  • Skolnik, Fred; Berenbaum, Michael. (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica, second edition. Farmington Hills: Keter Publishing House Ltd.