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Yam

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Gender Masculine
Usage Semitic Mythology

Meaning & History

Means "sea" in Ugaritic. Yam was the Ugaritic god of the sea, also associated with chaos, storms and destruction. He was a son of the chief god El.

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food, gods, isograms, ocean, ocean deities, plants, sea, storm deities, water, weather, wet, word names
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Entry updated December 7, 2022

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