3232. Yimnah
Strong's Lexicon
Yimnah: Yimnah

Original Word: יִמְנָה
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine
Transliteration: Yimnah
Pronunciation: yim-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (yim-naw')
Definition: Yimnah
Meaning: Jimnah

Word Origin: Derived from the root יָמַן (yaman), meaning "to go to the right" or "to choose the right."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Yimnah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper Hebrew name. However, the concept of "right hand" or "favor" can be related to Greek words like δεξιός (dexios), meaning "right hand."

Usage: Yimnah is a proper noun used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible. It is typically understood to mean "prosperity" or "right hand," reflecting a sense of favor or blessing.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, names were often given with the hope of reflecting a person's character or destiny. The name Yimnah, with its connotations of prosperity and favor, would have been a positive and hopeful name for a child. The right hand was traditionally associated with strength and blessing, further emphasizing the positive attributes associated with this name.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as yamin
Definition
"good fortune," two Isr.
NASB Translation
Imnah (4), Imnites (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
יִמְנָה proper name, masculine (compare perhaps Arabic good fortune, right side) —

1 a son of Asher Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44, also (for adjective, of a people) הַיִּמְנָה Numbers 26:44 #NAME?the Yimnites 1 Chronicles 7:30.

2 a Levite2Chronicles 31:14.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Imna, Imnah, Jimnah, Jimnites

From yaman; prosperity (as betokened by the right hand); Jimnah, the name of two Israelites; also (with the article) of the posterity of one of them -- Imna, Imnah, Jimnah, Jimnites.

see HEBREW yaman

Forms and Transliterations
הַיִּמְנָ֔ה הימנה יִמְנָ֤ה יִמְנָ֧ה ימנה לְיִמְנָ֗ה לימנה haiyimNah hay·yim·nāh hayyimnāh lə·yim·nāh leyimNah ləyimnāh yim·nāh yimNah yimnāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 46:17
HEB: וּבְנֵ֣י אָשֵׁ֗ר יִמְנָ֧ה וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה וְיִשְׁוִ֥י
NAS: of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah
KJV: of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah,
INT: the sons of Asher Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi

Numbers 26:44
HEB: אָשֵׁר֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְיִמְנָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַיִּמְנָ֔ה
NAS: according to their families: of Imnah, the family
KJV: after their families: of Jimna, the family
INT: of Asher to their families of Imnah the family of the Imnites

Numbers 26:44
HEB: לְיִמְנָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַיִּמְנָ֔ה לְיִשְׁוִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
NAS: the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi,
KJV: the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui,
INT: of Imnah the family of the Imnites of Ishvi the family

1 Chronicles 7:30
HEB: בְּנֵ֣י אָשֵׁ֗ר יִמְנָ֧ה וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה וְיִשְׁוִ֥י
NAS: of Asher [were] Imnah, Ishvah,
KJV: of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah,
INT: the sons of Asher Imnah Ishvah Ishvi

2 Chronicles 31:14
HEB: וְקוֹרֵ֨א בֶן־ יִמְנָ֤ה הַלֵּוִי֙ הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣ר
NAS: the son of Imnah the Levite,
KJV: the son of Imnah the Levite,
INT: Kore the son of Imnah the Levite the keeper

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3232
5 Occurrences


hay·yim·nāh — 1 Occ.
lə·yim·nāh — 1 Occ.
yim·nāh — 3 Occ.















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