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Lexicon :: Strong's H3231 - yāman

Aa
יָמַן
Transliteration
yāman
Pronunciation
yaw-man'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not H3808 the H776➔ whole H3605 land ➔H776 before thee? H6440 separate thyself, H6504 I pray thee, H4994 from me: H5921 if H518 thou wilt take the left hand, H8040 then I will go to the right; H3231 or if H518 thou depart to the right hand, H3225 then I will go to the left. H8041

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And H559➔ the king H4428 said, ➔H559 Is not the hand H3027 of Joab H3097 with thee H854 in all H3605 this? H2063 And H6030➔ the woman H802 answered ➔H6030 and said, H559 As thy soul H5315 liveth, H2416 my lord H113 the king, H4428 none H518 can H786 turn to the right hand H3231 or to the left H8041 from ought H3605 that H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 hath spoken: H1696 for H3588 thy servant H5650 Joab, H3097 he H1931 bade me, H6680 and he H1931 put H7760 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in the mouth H6310 of thine handmaid: H8198

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were armed H5401 with bows, H7198 and could use both the right hand H3231 and the left H8041 in hurling stones H68 and shooting arrows H2671 out of a bow, H7198 even of H251➔ Saul's H7586 brethren ➔H251 of Benjamin. H1144

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:16 - Go thee one way or other, H258 either on the right hand, H3231 or on the left, H7760 H8041 whithersoever H575 thy face H6440 is set. H3259
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