Etymology?:
from yāman יָמַן ‘to go right’
Roots:
ימן
yāmīn n, f
1) right, right hand, right side
1a) right hand
1b) right (of direction)
1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)
Mentioned in Genesis 48:17, 48:18, 24:49, 48:13, 13:9, 48:14 Exodus 15:6, 29:22, 15:12, 14:22, 14:29 Codex Leviticus 7:33, 9:21, 8:26, 8:25, 7:32 Numbers 22:26, 20:17, 18:18 Deuteronomy 17:20, 28:14, 5:32, 17:11, 33:2, 2:27 Joshua 1:7, 17:7, 23:6 Judges 20:16, 3:15, 3:16, 3:21, 16:29, 7:20, 5:26 1 Samuel 6:12, 23:24, 11:2, 23:19 2 Samuel 2:21, 16:6, 2:19, 20:9, 24:5 1 Kings 2:19, 22:19, 7:39, 7:49 2 Kings 22:2, 12:10, 23:13 Isaiah 62:8, 9:19, 41:10, 41:13, 48:13, 44:20, 45:1, 63:12, 54:3 Jeremiah 22:24 Ezekiel 1:10, 16:46, 10:3, 21:27, 39:3 Jonah 4:11 Habakkuk 2:16 Zechariah 4:3, 12:6, 4:11, 11:17, 3:1 Psalms 142:5, 109:31, 110:1, 80:18, 110:5, 118:15, 45:10, 44:4, 73:23, 139:10, 63:9, 21:9, 89:43, 138:7, 78:54, 91:7, 48:11, 137:5, 80:16, 77:11, 45:5, 16:11, 26:10, 144:8, 144:11, 89:13, 16:8, 20:7, 89:14, 98:1, 118:16, 74:11, 60:7, 108:7, 17:7, 89:26, 121:5, 18:36, 109:6 Proverbs 4:27, 3:16, 27:16 Job 30:12, 40:14, 23:9 Song of Songs 2:6, 8:3 Lamentations 2:4, 2:3 Ecclesiastes 10:2 Daniel 12:7 Nehemiah 8:4, 12:31 1 Chronicles 6:24 2 Chronicles 34:2, 3:17, 18:18, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8