יָמַן
yâman · yaw-man'
to be right-handed or take the right-hand side
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to be (physically) right (i.e. firm); but used only as denominative from H3225 (יָמִין) and transitive,
to be right-handed or take the right-hand side
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: go (turn) to (on, use) the right hand.
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
- 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 seed, life continuing
The hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָמַן 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then i will go to the right1 · 25%
- turn to the right hand1 · 25%
- and could use both the right hand1 · 25%
- the right hand1 · 25%
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.