H3225. yamin

I. יָמִין‎₁₃₇ noun feminine^{Exodus 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, Dl^{HWB 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