הים הגדול
HAʾYAM HAʾGADOL
(the Mediterranean Sea)
Sometimes just referred to as הים ha-yam (the sea), the mediterranean sea, which in English means the sea of the middle of the earth.
In other languages
Greek — yἡ θάλασσα he thalasa (the sea) Latin — mare nostrum (our sea) Classsical Arabic — بحر الروم bahr al-rom (Roman sea, especially the eastern mediterranean) Modern Arabic — بحر المتوسط bahr al-mutewasit (middle sea, after arab colonization from morocco to persia)