Strong's Definition
from 3231; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV Usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָמִין (ya.min) — right. 1) right, right hand, right side 1a) right hand 1b) right (of direction) 1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East) Also means: ya.min (יָמִין ": south" H3225H)
יָמִין (ya.min) — right: south. 1) right, right hand, right side 1a) right hand 1b) right (of direction) 1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)
יָמִין (ya.min) — [Ben]jamin. A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Joseph (H3130); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); father of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Jamin at 1Sa.9.1,4; 22.7; 1x Another name of bin.ya.min (בִּנְיָמִין "Benjamin" H1144G)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · ימן
Spatial Referents | ≠ שְׂמֹאל
right side, right = a referent pointing to the south side of the human body when facing the sunrise, ≈ and, since most people favor the hand on this side of the body, often associated with favor and preference
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Spatial Referents | ≈ נֶגֶב
south, southern, southerly, southward literally: right; hence: = a referent pointing to the space to the right of a person when facing the direction of the rising sun
JOS 17:7 · 1SA 23:19 · 1SA 23:24 · 2SA 24:5 · 1KI 7:39 · 1KI 7:49 · 2KI 12:10 · 2KI 23:13 · 2CH 3:17 · 2CH 4:6 · 2CH 4:7 · 2CH 4:8 · JOB 23:9 · PSA 89:13 · EZK 16:46
name · יָמִינִי
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָמִין 137 n.f. right hand right hand
of situation on, or direction toward the right
of other parts of the body
= south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south
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