Lexical Definition

‎בִּנְיָמִין‎ Binyâmîyn (bin-yaw-mene') Benjamin ^N:N-M-P
from ‎בֵּן‎ and ‎יָמִין‎; son of (the) right hand

Benjamin.

• § Benjamin = "son of the right hand"
• Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob
• also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother
2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin
3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife
4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

See Greek: Βενιαμίν

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.32

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בִּנְיָמִין‎ Gen 35:18 +; usually ‎בִּנְיָמִן‎ proper name, masculine₁₆₆ (son of (the) right hand) —

1. youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but by Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin's birth, called ‎בֶּןאֿוֺנִי‎ (q. v.) Gen 35:18 own brother of Joseph Gen 35:24; Gen 42:4; Gen 43:29; Gen 45:12 compare Gen 42:36; Gen 45:15; Gen 45:34 +; name of tribe of Benjamin Num 1:11; Deut 27:12; Deut 33:12; Judg 5:14 + 23 t. Judges; 32 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; Hos 5:8; Ezek 48:23; Obad 1:19; Ps 68:28*; Ps 80:3* ‎בְּנֵי בנימן‎ (literal Gen 46:21) of tribe Num 1:36; Num 2:22; Num 7:60; Num 26:38; Num 26:41; Josh 18:20; Josh 18:28; Judg 20:3; Judg 20:14; Judg 20:15; Judg 20:18; Judg 20:21; Judg 20:23; Judg 20:24; Judg 20:28; Judg 20:30; Judg 20:31; Judg 20:32; Judg 20:36; Judg 20:48; Judg 21:18; Judg 21:20; Judg 21:23; 2Sam 2:25; 2Sam 4:2; 2Sam 23:29; 1Chr 8:40; 1Chr 9:3; 1Chr 9:7; 1Chr 11:31; 1Chr 12:17*; 1Chr 12:30*; Neh 11:4; Neh 11:7; Neh 11:31; Jer 6:1; Judg 1:21 (twice in verse) (but ‎בני יהודה‎ in || Josh 15:63 compare Bu^{RS 7}); explicitly ‎מַטֵּה בִנְיָמִן‎ Num 1:37; Num 2:22; Num 13:9; Num 34:21; Josh 21:4; 1Chr 6:45* compare Josh 21:17 ‎מַטֵּה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְנֵי ב‎ Num 10:24; Josh 18:11; Josh 18:21; 1Chr 6:50* ‎׳‎‎שֵׁבֶט ב‎ 1Sam 10:20; 1Sam 10:21; 1Kgs 12:21 observe also ‎׳‎‎כָּלשִֿׁבְטֵי ב‎ Judg 20:12 compare 1Sam 9:21 ‎אִישׁ בִּנְיָמִן‎ Judg 20:41; 1Sam 4:12 compare ‎אִישׁ‎ ‎מִבִּןיָֿ֯מִין‎ 1Sam 9:1 ‎אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן‎ Judg 21:21; 1Sam 9:16; 2Sam 21:14; Jer 1:1; Jer 17:26; Jer 32:44; Jer 33:13; Jer 37:12 compare Jer 32:8 ‎׳‎‎גְּבוּל ב‎ 1Sam 10:2; Ezek 48:22 (strike out Co) vEzek 48:24 ‎בֵּית בִּנְיָמִן‎ 2Sam 3:19 ‎בֵּית‎ ‎׳‎‎יְהוּדָה וּב‎ 1Kgs 12:23; 2Chr 11:1 in name of a temple-gate ‎הָעֶלְיוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎שַׁעַר ב‎ Jer 20:2 compare Jer 37:13; Jer 38:7; Ezek 48:32; Zech 14:10.

2. a son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin

1. 1Chr 7:10.

3. a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:32 compare Neh 3:23; Neh 12:34. — ‎בנימן בני פרץ‎ 1Chr 9:4 Kt read with Qr ‎׳‎‎בָּנִי מִןבְּֿנֵי פ‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned divorcee • Israelite who divorced his foreign wife

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Benjamin was an Israelite who divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.32;
• only referred to as Benjamin בִּנְיָמִין.

This Benjamin was an Israelite who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community and restore obedience to God's law, those who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezr. 10:32). Benjamin was among those who complied with this directive, demonstrating his willingness to prioritize his faith and obedience to God over his personal relationships. This act of separation from foreign influences was seen as necessary to preserve the religious and cultural identity of the Jewish people.

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