3232. Yimnah

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

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

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.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root יָמִין (yamin), meaning "right hand" or "south."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Jimnah, as it is a Hebrew proper noun specific to the Old Testament genealogies.

Usage: Jimnah is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible, specifically as a personal name.

Context: • Jimnah is mentioned in the genealogical records of the tribe of Asher. He is listed as one of the sons of Asher, making him a grandson of Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. This places Jimnah within the context of the twelve tribes of Israel, specifically as part of the lineage that would inherit the land apportioned to Asher.
• The name Jimnah appears in the context of the family lists that are often used to establish tribal and familial identities within the narrative of the Israelites. These genealogies are significant for understanding the distribution of land and the fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs.
• In the Berean Standard Bible, Jimnah is mentioned in Genesis 46:17: "The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel."
• The name Jimnah is also found in Numbers 26:44, where the descendants of Asher are enumerated: "These were the descendants of Asher by their clans: The Imnite clan from Imnah, the Ishvite clan from Ishvi, the Beriite clan from Beriah."

Forms and Transliterations

הַיִּמְנָ֔ה הימנה יִמְנָ֤ה יִמְנָ֧ה ימנה לְיִמְנָ֗ה לימנה haiyimNah hay·yim·nāh hayyimnāh lə·yim·nāh leyimNah ləyimnāh yim·nāh yimNah yimnāh

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.