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(with the art. äִéָּí äִ÷ִּãְîֹðַé , ha-yam hak-kadmoni', the forward sea; Sept. ἡ èÜëáóóá ἡ ðñώôç ) is an epithet used in two passages (Joe_2:20; Eze_47:18) of the DEAD SEA SEE DEAD SEA (q.v.), because it lay on the eastern side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean Sea, because lying in the opposite direction, was on a like account called the West Sea, or the sea on the western border (Num_34:6; Jos_15:12, etc.). SEE SEA.