ימן (ymn) — to go to the right / to do (something) with the right hand

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related names: תֵּימָן

Related lemmas: יָמִין · יְמִינִי · יְמָנִי · תֵּימָן

Sense 1: to go to the right

Semantic domains: Orientation (002002001013)

Definition: = action by which humans turn to the right, when walking or performing another event; ≈ in extension: to choose one option as opposed to another

Forms: vbhif-

Antonyms: שׂמאל

Show passage in OET: GEN 13:9

OET-RV GEN 13:9

9 Isn’t the whole land available to you? So let’s separate. If you go to the left then I’ll go right, or if you go to the right then I’ll go left.”

OET-LV GEN 13:9

9 Not is_all _of the_earth/land to_your_face separate please from_with_me if the_left and_I _will _go _to _the _right and_if the_right and_I _will _go _to _the _left.

Show passage in OET: SA2 14:19

OET-RV SA2 14:19

19 “Did Yoav (Joab) perhaps have anything to do with all this?” he asked.
¶ The woman answered, “By the life of your spirit, my master the king, there’s no avoiding anything that my master the king has said. Yes, your servant Yoav—he himself commanded me, and he himself told your female servant what I should say.

OET-LV SA2 14:19

19 And_ the_king _he/it _said is_the_hand _of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) with_you in_all this and_ the_woman _she _answered and_she/it _said by_the _life your _self _of_your my_master the_king if there _is to_go _to _the _right and_to_go _to _the _left from_all that my_master the_king he _has _spoken if/because servant _of_your Yōʼāⱱ he he_commanded _me and_he he _put in_the _mouth _of your _maidservant _of_your DOM all _of the_words/messages the_these.

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 13:9

SA2: OET SA2 14:19

ISA: OET ISA 30:21

EZE: OET EZE 21:16

Sense 2: to do (something) with the right hand

Semantic domains: Orientation (002002001013)

Definition: = action by which humans perform an action with the right hand

Forms: vbhif-

Antonyms: שׂמאל

Show passage in OET: CH1 12:2

OET-RV CH1 12:2

2 armed with bows. Some used slings right-handed and some left-handed, as well as shooting arrows with a bow. They were from the Benyamin tribe, Sha’ul’s relatives.)

OET-LV CH1 12:2

2 They_were_equipped _of bow using _right _hand and_using _left _hand with_stones and_with_arrows with_bow some_of _the _relatives _of Shāʼūl from_Binyāmīn.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

ימן

Form 1

Sense 1: to go to the right

Sense 2: to do (something) with the right hand