אָמַן
a.man (H3231)
to turn right
AI Word Study
# Analysis of אָמַן (aman) - "to turn right" The Hebrew word אָמַן appears only four times in the biblical text, making it a rare verb with a specific directional meaning: to turn right. Its limited occurrence suggests it was a specialized term rather than a common expression for movement or direction. The verb's narrow semantic field—focused on rightward turning rather than movement in general—indicates precision in describing physical orientation or navigation. Given the word's rarity and concrete directional meaning, it likely served practical purposes in contexts requiring clear spatial orientation. The four biblical instances would represent all known uses of this particular term in the Hebrew scriptures. Without access to the specific passages where אָמַן appears, the full contextual range remains defined by this basic denotation of rightward movement or turning, though its actual applications in those four occurrences would reveal whether it was used literally for physical turning, metaphorically for life direction, or in technical or military contexts where precise directional commands might be important. This word exemplifies how biblical Hebrew contained specialized vocabulary for specific concepts that sometimes appear only rarely in the preserved text, suggesting either limited practical use or the dominance of other synonymous terms for similar ideas in most biblical discourse.
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Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.
Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.