יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy · yem-aw-nee'
right (i.e. at the right hand)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3231 (יָמַן);
right (i.e. at the right hand)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (on 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
The hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְמָנִי 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of his right10 · 30%
- of the right5 · 15%
- of their right5 · 15%
- on the right3 · 9%
- from the right2 · 6%
- right1 · 3%
- his right1 · 3%
- with his right1 · 3%
- was in the right1 · 3%
- the right1 · 3%
- of that on the right hand1 · 3%
- on thy right1 · 3%
- from under from the right1 · 3%
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.