יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy · H3233 · Hebrew · 33 occurrences
Meanings
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right, south
A reference to the side of the body that is normally opposite the side where the heart is located and, since most people favor the hand on this side of the body, often associated with favor and preference
ExamplesExodus 29:20 “And you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar.
Leviticus 8:23 And Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
Leviticus 8:24 He also had Aaron’s sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֵׁםname 1
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In the other Testament 1 word
- δεξιός dexiós · G1188 · right, right side, right hand
- Greek δεξιός renders Hebrew יְמָנִי as the standard translation equivalent for the directional and spatial sense of 'right (hand),' covering both the literal body part or spatial orientation and the figurative position of favor or power.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Spatial Referents003002005
- יְמָנִי denotes the right hand or right side, repeatedly specified in the ordination ritual for the blood and oil placed on Aaron's right ear, thumb, and toe (Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 8:23-24).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3233. yemani יְמָנִי adjective right hand, right — masculine of pillar הַיְמָנִי…
יְמָנִי adjective right hand, right — masculine of pillar הַיְמָנִי הָעַמּוּד 1Ki 7:21 = הַיְמָנִי in || 2Ch 3:17 Qr (Kt הימיני); feminine of side of house (temple): הַיְמָנִתַ הַבַּיִת כֶּתֶף 1Ki 6:8; 1Ki 7:39 (|| מִיָּמִין הבית כֶּתֶף), 2Ki 11:11 (opposed to הַשְּׂמָאלִית), Eze 47:1, compare Eze 47:2; 2Ch 4:10; 2Ch 23:10 (opposed to הַשְּׂמָאלִית); elsewhere of parts of body (P): right ear, hand and foot הַימָנִית אזן[ה] + הַי ׳יד(ם) + הַי ׳רגל(ם) Exo 29:20; Lev 8:23-24, Lev 14:14, Lev 14:17, Lev 14:25, Lev 14:28; right finger הַי ׳אֶצְבָּעוֺ Lev 14:16, Lev 14:27; compare also right side, masculine הַיְמָנִי צִדְּךָ Eze 4:6 Qr (Kt הימיני).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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