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title: יָמַן — go to · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָמַן (3231), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: go to. BDB 1906: vb.denom. go to choose the right, use the right hand. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָמַן

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«יָמַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **go to** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3231 · **BDB:** יָמַן

### Glosses

go.to.the.right (2); I.will.go.to.the.right (1); using.right.hand (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָמַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3231/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.21/)

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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?

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

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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.

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