H0334 H0334
bound of, restricted of; left-handed (lit. bound in the right hand)
An adjective meaning 'bound' or 'restricted,' used idiomatically to describe left-handedness. The phrase 'a man bound of his right hand' means someone whose right hand is restricted or bound, thus forced to use the left—a Hebrew euphemism for left-handed. Both occurrences describe Benjamite warriors: Ehud the judge (Judges 3:15) and seven hundred select Benjamite slingers (Judges 20:16), notable for their skill despite or because of this trait.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Translation strategies vary: English uses 'bound of' or 'restricted of,' Spanish 'cerrado de' (closed of) or 'zurdo de' (left-handed of), French 'lié de' (bound of) or 'restricted de,' German 'band von' or 'restricted von.' The modern Spanish 'zurdo' shows functional rather than literal translation. Left-handedness appears as a Benjamite characteristic, with the tribe's name ironically meaning 'son of the right hand,' creating wordplay the ancient audience would have recognized. 2×
AR["أَعْسَرَ", "أَعْسَرُ"]·ben["অকেজো", "বাঁহাতি"]·DE["band-von", "restricted-von"]·EN["bound-of", "restricted-of"]·FR["lia-de", "restricted-de"]·heb["איטר"]·HI["खब्बा-था", "खब्बे"]·ID["kidal"]·IT["legò-di", "restricted-di"]·jav["kidal", "kiwa"]·KO["막힌", "못-쓰는"]·PT["fechado-de", "impedidos-de"]·RU["закрытого", "левшей"]·ES["cerrado-de", "zurdo-de"]·SW["aliyetumia-mkono-wa-kushoto", "wa-kushoto"]·TR["engelli", "solak"]·urd["کُھنڈا", "کھبے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אִטֵּר adj. shut up, bound (NH אִטֵּר, lame) אִישׁ א׳ יַד־יְמִינוֹ Ju 3:15; 20:16 a man bound, restricted, as to his right hand, i.e. left-handed.