Word Study · Strong's H3231 · Hebrew

יָמַן

yaman

yaw-man'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâman

“to be right-handed or take the right-hand side”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to be right-handed or take the right-hand side

Rendered in the KJV as

go (turn) to (on, use) the right hand.

4
occurrencesin the Old Testament
4 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
4
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

הֵימִ֖נִי1
וְאֵימִ֔נָה1
לְהֵמִ֣ין1
מַיְמִינִ֤ים1

How it is rendered · 4

go to [the] right1
so let me go right1
to go to [the] right1
using right [hand]1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1
preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1
verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Vhc1cs · 1
HR/Vhcc · 1
HVhrmpa · 1
HVhv2fs · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 4 · 25%
2 Samuel1 of 4 · 25%
1 Chronicles1 of 4 · 25%
Ezekiel1 of 4 · 25%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 13:9וְאֵימִ֔נָהveeiminahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularIs not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”here: so let me go right

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 14:19לְהֵמִ֣יןleheminpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.here: to go to [the] right

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 12:2מַיְמִינִ֤יםmayminimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthey were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):here: using right [hand]

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 21:16הֵימִ֖נִיheiminiverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singularSlash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.here: go to [the] right

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