ימין

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־מ־ן (y-m-n)

From Proto-Semitic *yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-.

Noun

יָמִין • (yamín) f [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. (Biblical Hebrew) the right hand
2. right

   Antonym: שְׂמֹאל (s'mól)

3. (Biblical Hebrew) south

   Synonyms: דָּרוֹם (daróm), נֶגֶב (negév), תֵּימָן (teimán)

   Antonyms: שְׂמֹאל (s'mól), צָפֹון (tsafón)

   • Tanach, 1 Samuel 23:19:

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     וַיַּעֲלוּ זִפִים אֶל־שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלֹוא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּנוּ בַמְּצָדֹות בַּחֹרְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת הַֽחֲכִילָה אֲשֶׁר מִימִין הַיְשִׁימֹֽון׃

     Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

   • Tanach, Psalms 89:12:

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     צָפֹון וְיָמִין אַתָּה בְרָאתָם תָּבֹור וְחֶרְמֹון בְּשִׁמְךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

     You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

4. (Biblical Hebrew) a male given name, Jamin or Yamin
   • Tanach, Genesis 46:10:

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     וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעֹון יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽית׃

     The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

   • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 2:27:

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     וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־רָם בְּכֹור יְרַחְמְאֵל מַעַץ וְיָמִין וָעֵֽקֶר׃

     The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

5. (politics) right

Declension

Declension of יָמִין

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	יָמִין	first	יְמִינִי		יְמִינֵנוּ
	definite	הַיָּמִין	second	יְמִינְךָ	יְמִינֵךְ	יְמִינְכֶם	יְמִינְכֶן
	construct	יְמִין־	third	יְמִינוֹ	יְמִינָהּ	יְמִינָם	יְמִינָן

Derived terms

• יְמָנִי (yemaní)

References

• H3225 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• מיני