יָמַן , Pi. יִמֵּן (denom. of יָמִין; cmp. אָמַן) to endow with skill, strength, distinction. Part. pass. מְיוּמָּן, f. מְיוּמֶּנֶת. Ḥull. 91ᵃ הירך המ׳ שבירך it says ‘the hip’ (Gen. XXXII, 33) that means the strongest of the hips (the right); ib. 134ᵇ הכא נמי הזרוע המ׳ וכ׳ here, too, we read ‘the arm’ (Deut. XVIII, 3), that means the right arm; Hor. 12ᵃ ה"נ המשיח המ׳ וכ׳ here, too, we read ‘the anointed’ (Lev. IV, 3), the distinguished among the anointed (the Highpriest). Sifra Vayikra, Ḥoba, ch. III, Par. 3 מה … הימנית המ׳ שבימין וכ׳ as the finger mentioned there (Lev. XIV, 16) is ‘the right’ which means the most skilled (the index) finger of the right hand &c.; [Zeb. 40ᵃ sq. לא נצרכא אלא להכשיר אָמוּן שבאצבע Ms. M. (ed. אמין, omitting אלא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the את (Lev. IV, 6 את אצבעו) would not have been required, were it not to indicate, as the fittest for the ceremony, the most skilled of the fingers.—Rashi: אמין blister.]
Hif. - השמאיל . Sabb. 63ᵃ (ref. to Prov. III, 16) למַיְימִינִין בה וכ׳ to those who make the right use of it &c.; Yalk. Prov. 934.—Cant. R. to I, 9 אלו מֵימִינִים וכ׳ the ones stand on the right side (pleading in favor of the accused) &c.—Sabb. 88ᵇ, v. next w.