בֶּן־יְמִינִי

ben-y.mi.niNounH1145

Benjaminite

From: sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי; with H376 (אִישׁ) inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) בֶּן־אִישׁ ימִינִי; son of a man of Jemini; or shortened אִישׁ יְמִינִי; (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply יְמִינִיxlit Yᵉmînîy corrected to Yᵉmîynîy; a Jeminite; (plural) בְּנֵי יְמִינִיxlit Bᵉnîy corrected to Bᵉnêy; patron from H1144 (בִּנְיָמִין);

Short Definition

a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin

Full Lexicon Entry

Someone from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Joseph (H3130); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); father of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Jamin at ; 1x Group of bin.ya.min (*בִּנְיָמִין *"Benjamin" H1144) § Benjamite = "a son of the right hand" one of the tribe of Benjamin

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--PG

DescriptionN:N--PG

Occurrences

7 times

Appears 7 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Samuel
2
Judges
2
1 Kings
1
2 Samuel
1
Esther
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 2:8
  • 1 Samuel 22:7
  • 1 Samuel 9:21
  • 2 Samuel 16:11
  • Esther 2:5

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