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Lexicon :: Strong's H3231 - yāman

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יָמַן
Transliteration
yāman
Pronunciation
yaw-man'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 872c

Strong’s Definitions

יָמַן yâman, yaw-man'; a primitive root; to be (physically) right (i.e. firm); but used only as denominative from H3225 and transitive, to be right-handed or take the right-hand side:—go (turn) to (on, use) the right hand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3231 in the following manner: right hand (3x), right (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3231 in the following manner: right hand (3x), right (1x).

  1. (Hiphil) to choose the right, go to the right, use the right hand, be right handed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָמַן yâman, yaw-man'; a primitive root; to be (physically) right (i.e. firm); but used only as denominative from H3225 and transitive, to be right-handed or take the right-hand side:—go (turn) to (on, use) the right hand.
STRONGS H3231: Abbreviations
† I. [יָמַן] verb denominative
Hiph. go to or choose the right, use the right hand; — Imperfect 1st person singular coh. יְאֵימִ֫נָה Genesis 13:10 [Genesis 13:9] (J) then I will go to the right (opposed to וְאַשְׂמְאִ֫ילָה); 2nd person masculine plural תַּאֲמִינוּ [H541 Isaiah 30:21], figurative of turning aside from right course of life (|| תַּשְׂמְאִילוּ); Infinitive construct in phrase אִםאִֿשׁ לְהֵמִין וּלְהַשְׂמִיל מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Samuel 14:19 it is surely impossible to turn the right or to the left, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הֵימִ֫ינִי Ezekiel 21:21 [Ezekiel 21:16] go to the right! (opposed to הַשְׂמִ֫ילִי); Participle plural use the right hand: מַיְמִינִים וּמִשְׂמִאלִים בָּאֲבָנִים וּבַחִצִּים בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת 1 Chronicles 12:2 using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows in the bow (i.e. in throwing and shooting).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:9

2 Samuel

14:19

1 Chronicles

12:2

Ezekiel

21:16

H3231

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3231 matches the Hebrew יָמַן (yāman),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - “Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go H3231 to the right H3231; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn H3231 to the right H3231 or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant-woman;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were equipped with bows, using both the H3231 right H3231 hand H3231 and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:16 - “[fn]Show yourself sharp, go H3231 to the right H3231; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your [fn]edge is appointed.
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