Hebrew word · H3226

יָמִין

yamin

Jamin

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10;

son of: Simeon (H8095);

brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Ohad (H0161), Jachin (H3199), Zerah (H2226L) and Shaul (H7586H)

Also named: ye.mi.ni (יָֽמִינִי "Jaminite" H3228H)

§ Jamin = "right hand"

1) the 2nd son of Simeon; founder of the family of Jaminites

2) a Judaite, the 2nd son of Ram the Jerahmeelite

3) a Levite who helped Ezra interpret the Law

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 46:10 וְיָמִ֛ין and Jamin

    The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

Exodus · 1

  1. Exodus 6:15 וְיָמִ֤ין and Jamin

    The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:12 לְיָמִ֕ין of Jamin

    These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin,

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:27 וְיָמִ֖ין and Jamin

    The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:24 וְיָמִ֔ין and Jamin

    The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 8:7 יָמִ֡ין Jamin

    The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

    Here: 'Right hand', a picture of favour or good fortune. From here the list runs on without 'and', as a plain roll-call.

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