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

group of: יָמִין

• Someone descended from Jamin who was a man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10
• son of: Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן)
• brother of: Jemuel (יְמוּאֵל), Ohad (אֹהַד), Jachin (יָכִין), Zerah (זֶרַח) and Shaul (שָׁאוּל)
• Group of ya.min (‎י‎ָ‎מ‎ִ‎ין‎ "Jamin" יָמִין)

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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