3.5 Conclusion
We find the same meanings as in Tanakh in several other semitic languages and cultures. So they are clearly not new concepts.
And yet:
- Ehud the Judge, hero of Tanakh, is left handed Judges 3:21 “And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly”
- Shimshon (Samson in English) may have been ambidextrous, since Judges 16:29 goes: “He embraced the two middle pillars that the temple rested upon, one with his right arm and one with his left, and leaned against them; Shimshon cried, “Let me die with the Philistines!” and he pulled with all his might. The temple came crashing down on the lords and on all the people in it.”
- Benyaminites, elite soldiers of David, are often left-handed or ambidextrous: Judges 20:15 goes: “On that day the Benjaminites mustered from the towns 26,000 fighting men, mustered apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah; 700 picked men. of all this force—700 picked men—were left-handed. Every one of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.” and 1 Chronicles 12:2 says: “they were armed with the bow and could use both right hand and left hand to sling stones or shoot arrows with the bow; they were kinsmen of Saul from Benjamin.”
So there is still hope for us lefties in the eyes of the early Israelites!
Now it is time to look specifically as the right hand of God, as mentioned by the original poem.
Born left-handed 