This word comes from the name of Benjamin.
Definition
from H3231; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
Traditional renderings: left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Traditional renderings: left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
140 total
- Psalm 137:5יְמִינִֽי׃ · may my right handIf I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
- Psalm 138:7יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ · and Your right handIf I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- Psalm 139:10יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ · Your right hand…even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
- Psalm 142:4יָמִ֨ין׀ · to my rightLook to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Psalm 144:8 (2×)וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם · whose right hands; יְמִ֣ין…whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Psalm 144:11 (2×)וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם · whose right hands; יְמִ֣יןSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Proverbs 3:16בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ · is in her right handLong life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 4:27יָמִ֥ין · to the rightDo not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
- Proverbs 27:16יְמִינ֣וֹ · with one’s right hand…restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
- Ecclesiastes 10:2לִֽימִינ֔וֹ · inclines to the rightA wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
- Song of Solomon 2:6וִימִינ֖וֹ · and his right armHis left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
- Song of Solomon 8:3וִֽימִינ֖וֹ · and his right armHis left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
- Isaiah 9:20יָמִין֙ · the rightThey carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
- Isaiah 41:10בִּימִ֥ין · right handDo not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:13יְמִינֶ֑ךָ · of your right handFor I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Isaiah 44:20בִּימִינִֽי׃ס · this thing in my right handHe feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Isaiah 45:1בִֽימִינ֗וֹ · whose right handThis is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
- Isaiah 48:13וִֽימִינִ֖י · and My right handSurely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- Isaiah 54:3יָמִ֥ין · to the rightFor you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
- Isaiah 62:8בִּֽימִינ֖וֹ · by His right handThe LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
- Isaiah 63:12לִימִ֣ין · [to lead them] by the right hand…who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Jeremiah 22:24יְמִינִ֑י · My right“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- Lamentations 2:3יְמִינ֖וֹ · His right handIn fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- Lamentations 2:4יְמִינוֹ֙ · His right handHe has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- Ezekiel 1:10הַיָּמִין֙ · the right sideThe form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 10:3מִימִ֥ין · on the south sideNow when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
- Ezekiel 16:46מִֽימִינֵ֔ךְ · your southYour older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
- Ezekiel 21:22בִּֽימִינ֞וֹ · In his right handIn his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
- Ezekiel 39:3יְמִינְךָ֖ · from your rightThen I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
- Daniel 12:7יְמִינ֤וֹ · his right handAnd the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
- Jonah 4:11יְמִינ֣וֹ · their right handSo should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Habakkuk 2:16יְמִ֣ין · right handYou will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
- Zechariah 3:1יְמִינ֖וֹ · his right handThen the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Zechariah 4:3מִימִ֣ין · on the right [side]There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”
- Zechariah 4:11יְמִ֥ין · the rightThen I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
- Zechariah 11:17 (2×)יְמִינ֑וֹ · and his right; יְמִינ֖וֹ · and his rightWoe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
- Zechariah 12:6יָמִ֧ין · the rightOn that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.