Jamin (ISBE)

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jā´min ( ימין , yāmı̄n , "right hand"): (1) In Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12; 1 Chronicles 4:24 , a "son" (clan) of Simeon. (2) In 1 Chronicles 2:27 , a Judahite, "son" of Ram and grandson of Jerahmeel. (3) In Nehemiah 8:7 , a Levite (?), one of those who "caused the people to understand" the Torah when Ezra enforced it = "Iadinus" in 1 Esdras 9:48.