3225. yamin
Lexical Summary
yamin: right hand
Original Word: יָמִין
Transliteration: 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

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H3225. yamin

I. יָמִין137 noun feminineExodus 15:6 (Proverbs 27:16 no except, see Now Str) right hand (Late Hebrew id.; SI3 מימןon the right; Aramaic יַמִּינָא‎, ; Arabic right, right side, right hand, south; Ethiopic right hand, right side, Sabean ימןright hand, ימנתsoth, are also quoted; Assyrian imnu, right, right side, on the right, DlHWB 307) — absolute יָמִיןGenesis 13:9 40t.; construct יְמִין1 Samuel 23:24 19t.; suffix יְמִינִיJeremiah 22:24 6t., etc.; always singular: —

1 right hand:

a. literally of man, often opposed to שׂמאֹולGenesis 48:13-14, (compare 48:18), Daniel 12:7; לִשְׂמאֹלוֺ בֵּיןיְֿמִינוֺ יָדַעJonah 4:11 distinguish between one's right hand and one's left; ימים שׁלחJudges 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 יְמִינָם144:8; 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 אִטֵּרJudges 3:15; 20:16 bound as to one's right hand, i.e. left-handed.

b. figurative, of right hand as held by ׳יIsaiah 41:13; 45:1; so יַדיֿמיניPsalm 73:23.

c. right hand of ׳י‎, as instrument of delivering Israel Exodus 15:6 (twice in verse); 15:12 +, compare יְמִינוֺ יֵשַׁע בִּגְכוּרוֺתPsalm 20:7; עֶלְיוֺן יְמִין שְׁנוֺת77:11; "" זְרוֺעַ98:1; 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 בִּימִיןIsaiah 41:10; as finding, lighting upon (מצא‎) his enemies Psalm 21:9 ("" יד‎); as full of צֶדֶק48:11; 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 מימין2 Kings 23:13; Ezekiel 10:3; with לִימִינוֺ וַתֵּשֶׁב לְ,1 Kings 2:19, so Psalm 110:1; 45:10; 109:31; with עַלֿZechariah 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 יְמִין2 Samuel 24:5; Job 23:9.

b. of direction toward, literal ימין נָטָהNumbers 20:17; 22:26 (both J E); ימין סוּרDeuteronomy 2:27; 1 Samuel 6:12; ושׂ ימין ׳מָּרַץIsaiah 54:3; also (verb הִמָּרֶד‎ in prev. clause) Genesis 13:9; ימין הַבֵּיטPsalm 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 פנהGenesis 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 סוּרDeuteronomy 17:11, so 5:29; 17:20; 28:14; Joshua 1:7; 23:6; 2 Kings 22:2 2 Chronicles 34:2; ושׂ ימין ׳נטהProverbs 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 יֶרֶךְJudges 3:16, 24; eye יָמִין עֵין1 Samuel 11:2; ימינו עיןZechariah 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 מִימִין1 Samuel 23:19; אֶליְֿמִין23:24; מִימִינֵךְ ישׁבEzekiel 16:46 ("" עלשֿׂמאולך‎); וְיָמִין צָפוֺןPsalm 89:13; perhaps also 107:3, see יָם9








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