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title: יְמִינִי — right · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְמִינִי (1145), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: right. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְמִינִי

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«יְמִינִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **right** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 1145 · **BDB:** יְמִינִי²

### Glosses

jaminite (6); a.Jaminite (3); jaminites (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

right [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/1145/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/1145/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. from בִּנְיָמִן, abbrev. for בֶּן־יְמִינִי (q.v.);—אֶרֶץ יְמִינִי 1 S 9:4; אִישׁ יְמִינִי 2 S 20:1 Est 2:5; בֶּן־אִישׁ יְמִינִי 1 S 9:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְמִינִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/1145/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 7:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.7.1/)

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שִׁגָּי֗וֹן לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֥ר לַיהוָ֑ה עַל־דִּבְרֵי־כ֝֗וּשׁ בֶּן־יְמִינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.shiggaion of David which he.sang to Yahweh on the.words of.Cush a.Ben- jaminite

*JPS 1917:* Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite.

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[Esther 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.5/)

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אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדִ֔י הָיָ֖ה בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֑ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מָרְדֳּכַ֗י בֶּ֣ן יָאִ֧יר בֶּן־שִׁמְעִ֛י בֶּן־קִ֖ישׁ אִ֥ישׁ יְמִינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.man a.Jew he.was in Susa the citadel and name his \[was\].Mordecai the.son of.Jair the.son of.Shimei the.son of.Kish a.man a.Jaminite

*JPS 1917:* There was a certain Jew in Shushan the castle, whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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