Lexical Definition

‎יְמִינִי‎ Yᵉmîynîy (yem-ee-nee') [Ben]jaminite ^N:N--PG
patronymically from ‎יָמִין‎

Jaminites. See also ‎בֶּן־יְמִינִי‎.

• § Jaminites = see Jamin "the right hand"
• a Jeminite (collectively) or descendants of Jamin

1) the descendants of Jamin

See Greek: θλίβω · κακόω · καταδυναστεύω

Extended Information

spelling of: בִּנְיָמִין

• Someone descended 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
• Another spelling of bin.ya.min (‎ב‎ִּ‎נ‎ְ‎י‎ָ‎מ‎ִ‎ין‎ "Benjamin" בִּנְיָמִין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בֶּן־יְמִינִי

II. ‎יְמִינִי‎ adjective, of a people from ‎בִּנְיָמִן‎, abbreviated for ‎בֶּןיְֿמִינִי‎ (q. v.); — ‎אֶרֶץ יְמִינִי‎ 1Sam 9:4 ‎אִישׁ יְמִינִי‎ 2Sam 20:1; Esth 2:5 ‎בֶּןאִֿישׁ יְמִינִי‎ 1Sam 9:1.

‎יָָֽמִינִי‎ adjective, of a people of II. ‎ימין‎ 1; only with article as substantive collective Num 26:12.

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