Lexical Definition

‎בֶּן־אוֹנִי‎ Ben-ʼÔwnîy (ben-o-nee') Ben-oni ^N:N-M-P
from ‎בֵּן‎ and ‎אָוֶן‎; son of my sorrow

Ben-oni.

• § Ben-oni = "son of my sorrow"
• Ben-Oni, the original name of Benjamin

1) the name given to Benjamin by Rachel

Extended Information

name of: בִּנְיָמִין

• A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Rachel (רָחֵל)
• brother of: Joseph (יוֹסֵף)
• half-brother of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) and Dinah (דִּינָה)
• father of: Bela (בֶּלַע), Becher (בֶכֶר), Ashbel (אַשְׁבֵּל), Gera (גֵּרָא), Naaman (נַעֲמָן), Ehi (אֵחִי), Rosh (רֹאשׁ), Muppim (מֻפִּים), Huppim (חֻפִּים), Ard (אַרְדְּ), Ahiram (אֲחִירָם) and Jediael (יְדִיעֲאֵל); also called Jamin at 1Sa.9.1, 4 22.7 1x
• Another name of bin.ya.min (‎ב‎ִּ‎נ‎ְ‎י‎ָ‎מ‎ִ‎ין‎ "Benjamin" בִּנְיָמִין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּןאֿוֺנִ֑י‎ proper name, masculine (son of my sorrow) Rachel's name for Benjamin (compare below) Gen 35:18.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References