Commentary for Menachot 73:1
רבי יוסי החורם אומר מצינו ימין שנקרא יד שנאמר (בראשית מח, יז) וירא יוסף כי ישית אביו יד ימינו ואידך יד ימינו איקרי יד סתמא לא איקרי
R'Jose ha-Horem<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There are a number of variants to this word, and the meaning is extremely doubtful. In cur. edd. , the net-maker (Jast.) ; others read ourjv , the flat-nosed, being called by this epithet either because of his physical deformity or, more probably, because of the teaching he xrvv xrjv reported concerning a firstling that was flat-nosed; v. Bek. 43b. Other variants are and , possibly place-names.');"><sup>1</sup></span> says, But we also find the right hand referred to as 'hand', for it is written, And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his hand, the right one!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XLVIII, 17. This destroys the argument of the first Tanna.');"><sup>2</sup></span> And the other? It is referred to as 'the hand, the right one', but never as 'the hand'.
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