יָמִ֥ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָמִ֥ין

   ya-MIN

   to the right
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃

   ya-MIN u-se-MOL

   to the right and to the left
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃

   va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL

   and he walked in all the way of David his father and not he turned aside to the right and to the left
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃

   va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-E-ne ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL

   and he did the right or upright in the eyes of the LORD and he walked in all the way of David his father and not he turned aside to the right and to the left

Exegesis

The negated clause wĕlō’-sār yāmîn ū-śəmōl {וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול | wĕlō’-sār yāmîn ū-śəmōl} ‘he did not turn aside to the right or to the left’ employs directional antonyms to emphasize complete fidelity.

Root and etymology

y-m-n🔊 י־מ־ןyod–mem–nun

“right hand, south”

• 🔊 יְמִינִיyemînîmy right handPsalms 16:8