3.2 North and south
In Hebrew, South is “left” and North is “right,” based on the practice of orienting yourself when facing the rising Sun (common to many cultures). For instance, based on 2 Samuel 19:17-21, the Benjaminites (ben-yamin, “son of the right”) were the most southern tribe of House of Joseph. In the same way, in the city-state of Mari, on the Euphrates, close to Ur, Abraham’s city of birth, the Mari letters often mention mare-Iamina, the Southern Tribe, and mari-Simal, the Northern Tribe (Archives royales de Mari, 1 (1950), 60:9, p. 116).
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