Lexical Definition

‎בֶּן־יְמִינִי‎ Ben-yᵉmîynîy (ben-yem-ee-nee') Benjaminite ^N:N--PG
sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי Bên-ha-yᵉmîynîy (ben-hah-yem-eenee'); with ‎אִישׁ‎ inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) בֶּן־אִישׁ ימִינִי Ben-ʼÎysh Ymîynîy (ben-eesh' yem-ee-nee'); son of a man of Jemini; or shortened אִישׁ יְמִינִי ʼÎysh Yᵉmîynîy (eesh yem-ee-nee'); (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply יְמִינִי Yᵉmîynîy (yem-ee-nee'); a Jeminite; (plural) בְּנֵי יְמִינִי Bᵉnêy Yᵉmîynîy (ben-ay' yem-ee-nee'); patron from ‎בִּנְיָמִין‎

Benjamite, of Benjamin.

• § Benjamite = "a son of the right hand"
• a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin

1) one of the tribe of Benjamin

Extended Information

group of: בִּנְיָמִין

• Someone from 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
• Group of bin.ya.min (‎ב‎ִּ‎נ‎ְ‎י‎ָ‎מ‎ִ‎ין‎ "Benjamin" בִּנְיָמִין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּןיְֿמִינִי‎ adjective, of a people from ‎בִּנָימִן‎

1. 1Sam 9:21; Ps 7:1* ‎בֶּןהַֿיְמִינִי‎ Judg 3:15; 2Sam 16:11; 2Sam 19:17*; 1Kgs 2:8 plural ‎בְּנֵי יְמִינִי‎ 1Sam 22:7; Judg 19:16 ‎לַבְּנ֯ יְמִינִי‎ 1Chr 27:12 (Qr ‎לַבֵּן יְמִינִי‎); = ‎יְמִינִי‎ (q. v.) 1Sam 9:4 +.

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