Dear George, There may something to what David is saying. The tribe of Benjamin had quite a few warriors who were left-handed; see Judges 3:12; 20:16. In fact, both passages have the phrase, "itter yad yamin" which has the idea of "bound of the right hand" = left-handed.
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Athas" <[email protected]> To: "B-Hebrew" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Names of Rachel's Second-Born Son > David Kolinsky wrote: > > "As far as I understand, at least from a Jewish religious perspective, YMiN did not mean "right" but rather "dominant." In other words, the YMiN of a left dominant individual would be his left hand." > > > David, what's your evidence for this? I'm intrigued by the suggestion, but my initial reaction is 'no'. I'd need some specific evidence for this take. Can you cite anything for this, then? > > > GEORGE ATHAS > Director of Postgraduate Studies, > Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) > Sydney, Australia > > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/696 - Release Date: 02/21/2007 3:19 PM > > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
