Lexical Summary yamin: right hand Original Word: יָמִיןTransliteration: yamin Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-meen') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: right hand Meaning: the right hand, side, the south Strong's Concordance left-handed, right hand, side, south From yaman; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south -- + left-handed, right (hand, side), south. see HEBREW yaman Brown-Driver-Briggs H3225. yamin I. יָמִין137 noun feminineExodus 15:6 (Proverbs 27:16 no except, see Now Str) right hand (Late Hebrew id.; SI3 מימן on the right; Aramaic יַמִּינָא, ; Arabic right, right side, right hand, south; Ethiopic right hand, right side, Sabean ימן right hand, ימנת soth, are also quoted; Assyrian imnu, right, right side, on the right, DlHWB 307) — absolute יָמִין Genesis 13:9 40t.; construct יְמִין 1 Samuel 23:24 19t.; suffix יְמִינִי Jeremiah 22:24 6t., etc.; always singular: — 1 right hand: a. literally of man, often opposed to שׂמאֹול Genesis 48:13-14, (compare 48:18), Daniel 12:7; לִשְׂמאֹלוֺ בֵּיןיְֿמִינוֺ יָדַע Jonah 4:11 distinguish between one's right hand and one's left; ימים שׁלח Judges 5:26 ("" יד); as holding the lot Ezekiel 21:27; also of right hand as skilful Psalm 137:5; as receiving bribes 26:10 ("" יָדַיִן); used in false swearing שֶׁקֶר וְמִין יְמִינָם 144:8; 144:11 their right hand is a right hand of falsehood; oft also with יַדיִֿמִינוֺ יַד, Genesis 48:17 (E) hand of his right = his right hand Judges 7:20; 2 Samuel 20:9; יַדיְֿמִינוֺ אִטֵּר Judges 3:15; 20:16 bound as to one's right hand, i.e. left-handed. b. figurative, of right hand as held by ׳י Isaiah 41:13; 45:1; so יַדיֿמיני Psalm 73:23. c. right hand of ׳י, as instrument of delivering Israel Exodus 15:6 (twice in verse); 15:12 +, compare יְמִינוֺ יֵשַׁע בִּגְכוּרוֺת Psalm 20:7; עֶלְיוֺן יְמִין שְׁנוֺת 77:11; "" זְרוֺעַ 98:1; as acquiring the temple-site 78:54; as holding his servant 18:36 (line omitted in "" 2 Samuel 22:36), compare Psalm 63:9 & צִדְקִי בִּימִין Isaiah 41:10; as finding, lighting upon (מצא) his enemies Psalm 21:9 ("" יד); as full of צֶדֶק 48:11; as dispensing blessings 16:11 בימינך נעימות (compare Proverbs 3:16 of wisdom, personified); used in divine oath is Psalm 62:8 ("" זְרוֺעַ). 2 of situation on, or direction toward, the right: a. of situation, with וּמְשְּׂמאֹלָם מִימִינָם מִן, Exodus 14:22, 29 a wall on their right hand and on their left hand; similarly 2 Samuel 16:6; 1 Kings 7:39, 49 2 Chronicles 3:17; 4:6; 1 Kings 22:19 (= 2 Chronicles 18:18 with על), 4:7-8, Psalm 91:7 ("" מִצִּדְּךָ); for protection 16:8; ל מימין 2 Kings 23:13; Ezekiel 10:3; with לִימִינוֺ וַתֵּשֶׁב לְ, 1 Kings 2:19, so Psalm 110:1; 45:10; 109:31; with עַלֿ Zechariah 3:1; 1 Chronicles 6:24; 2 Chronicles 18:18 (= 1 Kings 22:19 with מן), Nehemiah 8:4; Job 30:12; Psalm 109:6; compare 110:5; without preposition הָעִיר יְמִין 2 Samuel 24:5; Job 23:9. b. of direction toward, literal ימין נָטָה Numbers 20:17; 22:26 (both J E); ימין סוּר Deuteronomy 2:27; 1 Samuel 6:12; ושׂ ימין ׳מָּרַץ Isaiah 54:3; also (verb הִמָּרֶד in prev. clause) Genesis 13:9; ימין הַבֵּיט Psalm 142:5; and looking is implied also in Ezekiel 1:10 (with אֶלֿ; opposed to מֵהַשְּׂמאֹול); with הַיָּמִין על (לָלֶכֶת) נטה עַל, 2 Samuel 2:19, 21; עליֿמין פנה Genesis 24:49; followed by אֶל, of course (הלך) of boundary Joshua 17:1; with לַחוֺמָה מֵעַל לַיָמִין לְ, Nehemiah 12:31 (verb omitted, went) to the right above the wall; figurative of moral deviation, וּשְׂמאֹול מִןהַֿדָּבָריָ֗֗֗מִין סוּר Deuteronomy 17:11, so 5:29; 17:20; 28:14; Joshua 1:7; 23:6; 2 Kings 22:2 2 Chronicles 34:2; ושׂ ימין ׳נטה Proverbs 4:27; also (very late) of the right as morally good, לִימִינוֺ חָכָן לֵב (opposed to שׂמאל) Ecclesiastes 10:2 De Reuss Now. 3 of other parts of the body, besides hand (see יַדיֿמינו etc. above): right thigh יְמִינוֺ יֶרֶךְ Judges 3:16, 24; eye יָמִין עֵין 1 Samuel 11:2; ימינו עין Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); especially הַיָּמִין שׁוֺק i.e. the right (upper) leg of sacrificial animal Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 7:32-33, 8:25-26, 9:21; Numbers 18:18. 4 = south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south: הַיְשִׁימוֺן מִימִין 1 Samuel 23:19; אֶליְֿמִין 23:24; מִימִינֵךְ ישׁב Ezekiel 16:46 ("" עלשֿׂמאולך); וְיָמִין צָפוֺן Psalm 89:13; perhaps also 107:3, see יָם 9 |