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# יָמַן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3231

**go to** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

go to [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3231/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָמַן: vb.denom. go to choose the right, use the right hand [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3231/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. go to or choose the right, use the right hand;—Impf. 1. s. coh. וְאֵימִ֫נָה Gn 13:9 (J) then I will go to the right; 2 mpl. (as from \[אמן\]) תַּאֲמִינוּ Is 30:21, fig. of turning aside from right course of life (both ‖ השׂמאיל); Inf. cstr. in phr. אִם־אִשׁ לְהֵמִין וּלְהַשְׂמִיל מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 S 14:19 it is surely impossible to turn to the right or to the left, etc.; Imv. fs. הֵימִ֫ינִי Ez 21:21 go to the right! (opp. הַשְׂמִ֫ילִי); Pt. pl. use the right hand: מַיְמִינִים וּמַשְׂמִאלִים בָּאֲבָנִים וּבַחִצִּים בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת 1 Ch 12:2 using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows in the bow (i.e. in throwing and shooting).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: go to the right (2); I will go to the right (1); using right hand (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 21:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.21/#tree)

הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י הֵימִ֖נִי הָשִׂ֣ימִי הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי אָ֖נָה פָּנַ֥יִךְ מֻעָדֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* be.sharp go.to.the.right cause.to.set go.to.the.left where? face \[is\].your set

*JPS 1917:* Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the left; whither is thy face set?

[1 Chronicles 12:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.2/#tree)

נֹ֣שְׁקֵי קֶ֗שֶׁת מַיְמִינִ֤ים וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙ בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים וּבַחִצִּ֖ים בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת מֵאֲחֵ֥י שָׁא֖וּל מִבִּנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[they.were\].equipped of.bow using.right.hand and using.left.hand with (the) stones and with (the) arrows with the bow some of.the.relatives of.Saul from Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3231.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3231/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).