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title: יָמִין — Jamin. See also · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָמִין (3226), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Jamin. See also. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Levite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָמִין

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«יָמִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jamin. See also** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3226 · **BDB:** יָמִין²

### Glosses

Jamin (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jamin. See also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3226/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Levite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3226/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Simeon Gn 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12; 1 Ch 4:24. man of Judah 1 Ch 2:27. Levite (?) name, time of Ezra Ne 8:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָמִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3226/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.24/)

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בְּנֵ֖י שִׁמְע֑וֹן נְמוּאֵ֣ל וְיָמִ֔ין יָרִ֖יב זֶ֥רַח שָׁאֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Simeon \[were\].Nemuel and Jamin Jarib Zerah Shaul

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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[1 Chronicles 2:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.27/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־רָ֖ם בְּכ֣וֹר יְרַחְמְאֵ֑ל מַ֥עַץ וְיָמִ֖ין וָעֵֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Ram the.firstborn of.Jerahmeel Maaz and Jamin and Eker

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

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