יָמִין
right hand
also: right, right side fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 98 times (70%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 42 times (30%)
- Noun, Proper 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 141 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H3225 appears — 134 distinct verses across 27 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 6 verses
- Genesis 13:9 הַ/יָּמִ֖ין ptcl def.art + n c fs Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
- Genesis 24:49 יָמִ֖ין n c fs Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
- Genesis 48:13 בִּֽ/ימִינ/וֹ֙ מִ/ימִ֣ין prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c fs cs Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
- Genesis 48:14 יְמִינ֜/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:17 יְמִינ֛/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
- Genesis 48:18 יְמִינְ/ךָ֖ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
Exodus 5 verses
- Exodus 14:22 מִֽ/ימִינָ֖/ם prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Exodus 14:29 מִֽ/ימִינָ֖/ם prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Exodus 15:6 יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֣ יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֥ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power, Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.
- Exodus 15:12 יְמִ֣ינְ/ךָ֔ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
- Exodus 29:22 הַ/יָּמִ֑ין ptcl def.art + n c fs Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
Leviticus 5 verses
- Leviticus 7:32 הַ/יָּמִ֔ין ptcl def.art + n c fs The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- Leviticus 7:33 הַ/יָּמִ֖ין ptcl def.art + n c fs He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.
- Leviticus 8:25 הַ/יָּמִֽין ptcl def.art + n c fs He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh;
- Leviticus 8:26 הַ/יָּמִֽין ptcl def.art + n c fs and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.
- Leviticus 9:21 הַ/יָּמִ֔ין ptcl def.art + n c fs and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 18:18 הַ/יָּמִ֖ין ptcl def.art + n c fs The flesh of them shall be your, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
- Numbers 20:17 יָמִ֣ין n c fs Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.
- Numbers 22:26 יָמִ֥ין n c fs The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy 6 verses
- Deuteronomy 2:27 יָמִ֥ין n c fs Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
- Deuteronomy 5:32 יָמִ֥ין n c fs You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Deuteronomy 17:11 יָמִ֥ין n c fs according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 יָמִ֣ין n c fs that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 28:14 יָמִ֣ין n c fs and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 33:2 מִֽ/ימִינ֕/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He said, Yahweh came from Sinai, Rose from Seir to them; He shined forth from Mount Paran, He came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 1:7 יָמִ֣ין n c fs Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- Joshua 17:7 הַ/יָּמִ֔ין ptcl def.art + n c fs The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
- Joshua 23:6 יָמִ֥ין n c fs Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
Judges 7 verses
- Judges 3:15 יְמִינ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
- Judges 3:16 יְמִינֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
- Judges 3:21 יְמִינ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
- Judges 5:26 וִֽ/ימִינָ֖/הּ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fs She put her hand to the tent-pin, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
- Judges 7:20 יְמִינָ֔/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried, The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon.
- Judges 16:29 בִּ/ימִינ֖/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
- Judges 20:16 יְמִינ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
1 Samuel 5 verses
- 1 Samuel 6:12 יָמִ֣ין n c fs The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 9:1 ימין n Proper Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
- 1 Samuel 11:2 יָמִ֑ין n c fs Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.
- 1 Samuel 23:19 מִ/ימִ֥ין prep + n c fs cs Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
- 1 Samuel 23:24 יְמִ֥ין n c fs cs They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:19 הַ/יָּמִין֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
- 2 Samuel 2:21 יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
- 2 Samuel 16:6 מִ/ימִינ֖/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- 2 Samuel 20:9 יְמִ֥ין n c fs cs Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
- 2 Samuel 24:5 יְמִ֥ין n c fs cs They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 2:19 לִֽ/ימִינֽ/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
- 1 Kings 7:39 מִ/יָּמִ֔ין prep + n c fs He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
- 1 Kings 7:49 מִ/יָּמִ֜ין prep + n c fs and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
- 1 Kings 22:19 מִ/ימִינ֖/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 12:9 ב/ימין מִ/יָּמִ֗ין prep det + n c fs prep + n c fs But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh: and the priests who kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 22:2 יָמִ֥ין n c fs He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- 2 Kings 23:13 מִ/ימִ֣ין prep + n c fs cs The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 6 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 מִ/יָּמִ֖ין prep + n c fs He set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
- 2 Chronicles 4:6 מִ/יָּמִ֜ין prep + n c fs He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
- 2 Chronicles 4:7 מִ/יָּמִ֖ין prep + n c fs He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
- 2 Chronicles 4:8 מִ/יָּמִ֖ין prep + n c fs He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
- 2 Chronicles 18:18 יְמִינ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
- 2 Chronicles 34:2 יָמִ֥ין n c fs He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 8:4 יְמִינ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 12:31 לַ/יָּמִין֙ prep det + n c fs Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
Job 3 verses
- Job 23:9 יָ֝מִ֗ין n c fs He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
- Job 30:12 יָמִין֮ n c fs On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.
- Job 40:14 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.
Psalms 39 verses
- Psalms 16:8 מִֽ֝/ימִינִ֗/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Psalms 16:11 בִּ/ימִינְ/ךָ֣ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
- Psalms 17:7 בִּֽ/ימִינֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Show your marvelous loving kindness, You who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
- Psalms 18:35 וִֽ/ימִינְ/ךָ֥ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
- Psalms 20:6 יְמִינֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, With the saving strength of his right hand.
- Psalms 21:8 יְ֝מִֽינְ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
- Psalms 26:10 וִֽ֝/ימִינָ֗/ם conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
- Psalms 44:3 יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֣ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were favorable to them.
- Psalms 45:4 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
- Psalms 45:9 לִֽ֝/ימִינְ/ךָ֗ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
- Psalms 48:10 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms As is your name, God, So is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 60:5 יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֣ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms So that your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
- Psalms 63:8 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
- Psalms 73:23 יְמִינִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
- Psalms 74:11 וִֽ/ימִינֶ֑/ךָ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
- Psalms 77:10 יְמִ֣ין n c fs cs Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: The years of the right hand of the Most High."
- Psalms 78:54 יְמִינֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
- Psalms 80:15 יְמִינֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms The stock which your right hand planted, The branch that you made strong for yourself.
- Psalms 80:17 יְמִינֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, On the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
- Psalms 89:12 וְ֭/יָמִין conj + n c fs The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
- Psalms 89:13 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
- Psalms 89:25 יְמִינֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
- Psalms 89:42 יְמִ֣ין n c fs cs You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
- Psalms 91:7 מִ/ימִינֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you.
- Psalms 98:1 יְ֝מִינ֗/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Sing to Yahweh a new song, For he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
- Psalms 108:6 יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֣ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms That your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
- Psalms 109:6 יְמִינֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
- Psalms 109:31 לִ/ימִ֣ין prep + n c fs cs For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.
- Psalms 110:1 לִֽ/ימִינִ֑/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
- Psalms 110:5 יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֑ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
- Psalms 118:15 יְמִ֥ין n c fs cs The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
- Psalms 118:16 יְמִ֣ין יְמִ֥ין n c fs cs n c fs cs The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!"
- Psalms 121:5 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
- Psalms 137:5 יְמִינִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs If I forget you, Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill.
- Psalms 138:7 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
- Psalms 139:10 יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Even there your hand will lead me, And your right hand will hold me.
- Psalms 142:4 יָמִ֨ין n c fs Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
- Psalms 144:8 וִֽ֝/ימִינָ֗/ם יְמִ֣ין conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fs cs Whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Psalms 144:11 וִֽ֝/ימִינָ֗/ם יְמִ֣ין conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fs cs Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, Whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 3:16 בִּֽ/ימִינָ֑/הּ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fs Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 4:27 יָמִ֥ין n c fs Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 27:16 יְמִינ֣/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 2 verses
Isaiah 9 verses
- Isaiah 9:20 יָמִין֙ n c fs One shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
- Isaiah 41:10 בִּ/ימִ֥ין prep + n c fs cs Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:13 יְמִינֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Don't be afraid; I will help you.
- Isaiah 44:20 בִּ/ימִינִֽ/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Isaiah 45:1 בִֽ/ימִינ֗/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Isaiah 48:13 וִֽ/ימִינִ֖/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.
- Isaiah 54:3 יָמִ֥ין n c fs For you shall spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
- Isaiah 62:8 בִּֽ/ימִינ֖/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:
- Isaiah 63:12 לִ/ימִ֣ין prep + n c fs cs who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Jeremiah 1 verse
Lamentations 2 verses
- Lamentations 2:3 יְמִינ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.
- Lamentations 2:4 יְמִינ/וֹ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire.
Ezekiel 5 verses
- Ezekiel 1:10 הַ/יָּמִין֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 10:3 מִ/ימִ֥ין prep + n c fs cs Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
- Ezekiel 16:46 מִֽ/ימִינֵ֔/ךְ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2fs Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezekiel 21:22 בִּֽ/ימִינ֞/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
- Ezekiel 39:3 יְמִינְ/ךָ֖ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Daniel 1 verse
Jonah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 3:1 יְמִינ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
- Zechariah 4:3 מִ/ימִ֣ין prep + n c fs cs and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."
- Zechariah 4:11 יְמִ֥ין n c fs cs Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"
- Zechariah 11:17 יְמִינ֑/וֹ יְמִינ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
- Zechariah 12:6 יָמִ֧ין n c fs In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, ימין (yâmîyn) means “right hand.” Beyond its headline sense, its full sense range takes in “right” and “right side”. It turns up in 134 verses across 27 books, a common footprint. The word gravitates to Psalms (29%), then Isaiah and Judges. It first appears in Genesis 13:9. Dig into 134-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3225 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 134
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 134 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #318
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 318 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 134 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 134 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 60 verses · 45%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 49 verses · 37%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 25 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Right hand 87×, Right 21×, Right side 5×
- American Standard Version†: Right hand 73×, Right 19×, Right side 5×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Right hand 54×, Right 48×, South 9×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Right 59×, Right hand 54×, Right hand of 8×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3225 across 137† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3225 across 133† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3225 across 133† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3225 across 146† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ימין I
- 1. right hand:
- a. lit. of man, often opp. שׂמֹאול Gn 48:13, 14 (cf. v 18), Dn 12:7; יָדַע בֵּין־יְמִינוֹ לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ Jon 4:11 distinguish between one’s right hand and one’s left; שׁלח ימין Ju 5:26 (‖ יד); as holding the lot Ez 21:27; also of right hand as skilful ψ 137:5; as receiving bribes 26:10 (‖ יָדַיִם); used in false swearing יְמִינָם יְמִין שֶׁקֶר 144:8, 11 their right hand is a right hand of falsehood; often also c. יַד, יַד־יִמִינוֹ Gn 48:17 (E) hand of his right = his right hand Ju 7:20 2 S 20:9; אִטֵּר יַד־יְמִינוֹ Ju 3:15; 20:16 bound as to one’s right hand, i.e. left-handed. e.g. Genesis 48:13
- b. fig., of right hand as held by י׳ Is 41:10, 13; 45:1; so יַד־ימיני ψ 73:23. e.g. Isaiah 41:10
- c. right hand of י׳, as instr. of delivering Israel Ex 15:6(×2), 12 +, cf. בִּגְבוּרוֹת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ ψ 20:7; שְׁנוֹת יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן 77:11, ‖ זְרוֹעַ 98:1; as acquiring the temple-site 78:54; as holding his servant 18:36 (line om. in ‖ 2 S 22:36), cf. 63:9 & בִּימִין צִדְקִי Is 41:10; as finding, lighting upon (מצא) his enemies ψ 21:9 (‖ יד); as full of צֶדֶק 48:11; as dispensing blessings 16:11 נעמות בימינך (cf. Pr 3:16 of wisdom, personified); used in divine oath Is 62:8 (‖ זְרוֹעַ). e.g. Exodus 15:6
- 2. of situation on, or direction toward, the right:
- a. of situation, c. מִן, מִימִינָם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָם Ex 14:22, 29 a wall on their right hand and on their left hand; similarly 2 S 16:6; 1 K 7:39, 49 = 2 Ch 3:17; 4:6, 1 K 22:19 (= 2 Ch 18:18 c. על), 2 Ch 4:7, 8 ψ 91:7 (‖ מִצִּדְּךָ); for protection 16:8; מימין ל 2 K 23:13; Ez 10:3; c. לְ, וַתֵּשֶׁב לִימִינוֹ 1 K 2:19, so ψ 110:1; 45:10; 109:31; c. עַל־ Zc 3:1; 1 Ch 6:24; 2 Ch 18:18 (= 1 K 22:19 c. מן), Ne 8:4 Jb 30:12; ψ 109:6 cf. 110:5; without prep. יְמִין הָעִיר 2 S 24:5; Jb 23:9. e.g. Exodus 14:22
- b. of direction toward, lit. נָטָה ימין Nu 20:17; 22:26 (both JE); סוּר ימין Dt 2:27; 1 S 6:12; פָּרַץ ימין ושׂ׳ Is 54:3; also (vb. הִפָּרֶד in prev. cl.) Gn 13:9; הַבֵּיט ימין ψ 142:5, and looking is implied also in Ez 1:10 (c. אֶל־; opp. מֵהַשְּׂמֹאול); c. עַל, נטה (לָלֶכֶת) על הַיָּמִין 2 S 2:19, 21; פנה על־ימין Gn 24:49; sq. אֶל, of course (הלך) of boundary Jos 17:1; c. לְ, לַיָּמִין מֵעַל לַחוֹמָה Ne 12:31 (vb. om., went) to the right above the wall; fig. of moral deviation, סוּר מִן־הַדָּבָר … יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול Dt 17:11, so 5:29; 17:20; 28:14; Jos 1:7; 23:6; 2 K 22:2 = 2 Ch 34:2; נטה ימין ושׂ׳ Pr 4:27; also (very late) of the right as morally good, לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ (opp. שׂמאל) Ec 10:2 De Reuss Now. e.g. Numbers 20:17
- 3. of other parts of the body, besides hand (v. יַד־ימינו etc. supr.): right thigh יֶרֶךְ יְמִינוֹ Ju 3:16, 24; eye עֵין יָמִין 1 S 11:2; עין ימינו Zc 11:17(×2) especially שׁוֹק הַיָּמִין i.e. the right (upper) leg of sacrificial animal Ex 29:22; Lv 7:32, 33; 8:25, 26; 9:21; Nu 18:18. e.g. Judges 3:16
- 4. = south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south: מִימִין הַיְשִׁימוֹן 1 S 23:19; אֶל־יְמִין v 24; ישׁב מִימִינֵךְ Ez 16:46 (‖ על־שׂמאולך); צָפוֹן וְיָמִין ψ 89:13; also perhaps 2 S 24:5; 2 K 23:13 ψ 107:3, v. יָם 9. e.g. 1 Samuel 23:19
ימין II
- 1. son of Simeon Gn 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12; 1 Ch 4:24. e.g. Genesis 46:10
- 2. man of Judah 1 Ch 2:27. e.g. 1 Chronicles 2:27
- 3. Levite (?) name, time of Ezra Ne 8:7. e.g. Nehemiah 8:7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.f. Ex 15:6 (Pr 27:16 no except, v. Now Str) right hand (NH id.; SI3 מימן on the right; Aramaic יַמִּינָא, ܝܰܡܺܝܢܳܐ; Arabic يَمِينٌ right, right side, right hand, south; Ethiopic የማን right hand, ይምን right side; Sab. ימן right hand, ימנת south, are also quoted; Assyrian imnu, right, right side, on the right, DlHWB 307)—abs. יָמִין Gn 13:9 + 40 times; cstr. יְמִין 1 S 23:24 + 19 times; sf. יְמִינִי Je 22:24 + 6 times, etc.; always sg.:—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ימן (yâman) (H3231) — to choose right.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָמִין
- (sub. יַד) f.(b. h.; v. אָמַן) [firm,] right hand. Men. 37ᵃ מה כתיבה בִּי׳ as the writing is done with the right hand, so is the binding to be done with the right hand (on the left). Ib. אטר … בִּימִינוֹ וכ׳ a left-handed man ties the T’fillin on his right hand, because this is his left (weak) hand. Lam. R. to II, 3 (ref. to קץ הימין, Dan. XII, 13) קץ נתתי לִימִינִי וכ׳ I have fixed a term to (the servitude of) my right hand (power); when I redeem my children, I vindicate my right hand. Zeb. 62ᵇ, a. fr. דרך י׳ towards the right; a. fr.—Denom. יְמָנִי, f. יְמָנִית. e.g. Daniel 12:13
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 76 distinct written forms H3225 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 16 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3225, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 127 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 134 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 13:9
- Exodus 14:22
- Leviticus 7:32
- Numbers 18:18
- Deuteronomy 2:27
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 3:15
- 1 Samuel 6:12
- 2 Samuel 2:19
- 1 Kings 2:19
- 2 Kings 12:9
- 1 Chronicles 6:39
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
