יָמִין
yâmîyn · yaw-meen'
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3231 (יָמַן);
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous)
- locally, the south
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָמִין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
140 occurrences · 140 OT · 0 NT · 75 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on the right hand8 · 10%
- thy right hand7 · 9%
- to the right hand7 · 9%
- on the right side5 · 6%
- the right hand4 · 5%
- on his right hand4 · 5%
- his right hand4 · 5%
- at thy right hand4 · 5%
- and the right3 · 4%
- and his right hand3 · 4%
- and their right hand3 · 4%
- at his right hand3 · 4%
- and thy right hand3 · 4%
- upon the right2 · 2%
- unto them on their right hand2 · 2%
- right hand2 · 2%
- with thy right hand2 · 2%
- of his right hand2 · 2%
- upon my right2 · 2%
- on the right2 · 2%
- not to the right hand2 · 2%
- is a right hand2 · 2%
- with his right hand2 · 2%
- lefthanded2 · 2%
- or if thou depart to the right hand1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.