Words the Bible translates as west
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yamיָםwest: the direction of the sea, since the Mediterranean lay along Israel's whole western coast.
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- a sea: any great stretch of water, whether the open ocean, a particular sea or lake, or a river wide enough to be spoken of as one.
- dusmēδυσμήwestnot studied yet
- mavoמָבוֹאthe going-down of the sun, and so the west: sunset as an event, and the direction where the sun sets
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- an entrance or way in: the point of access into a city, building, or enclosed space, and the act of coming in itself
- ma'aravמַעֲרָבwest: the direction of the setting sun, and the western side or region it names
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