Lexical Summary Binyamin: "son of (the) right hand", youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Isr Original Word: בִּנְיָמִיןTransliteration: Binyamin Phonetic Spelling: (bin-yaw-mene') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "son of (the) right hand", youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Isr Meaning: Benjamin -- "son of the right hand", youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites Strong's Concordance Benjamin From ben and yamiyn; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Benjamin. see HEBREW ben see HEBREW yamiyn Brown-Driver-Briggs H1144. Binyamin בִּנְיָמִין Genesis 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.) Genesis 35:18; own brother of Joseph 35:24; 42:4; 43:29; 45:12; compare 42:36; 45:15; Genesis 45:34 +; name of tribe of Benjamin Numbers 1:11; Deuteronomy 27:12; 33:12; Judges 5:14 23t. Judges; 32t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; Hosea 5:8; Ezekiel 48:23; Obadiah 19; Psalm 68:28; 80:3; בנימן בְּנֵי (literal Genesis 46:21) of tribe Numbers 1:36; 2:22; 7:60; 26:38, 41; Joshua 18:20, 28; Judges 20:3, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 48; 21:18, 20, 23; 2 Samuel 2:25; 4:2; 23:29; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 9:3, 7; 11:31; 12:17; 12:30; Nehemiah 11:4, 7, 31; Jeremiah 6:1; Judges 1:21 (twice in verse) (but יהודה בני in "" Joshua 15:63 compare BuRS 7); explicitly בִנְיָמִן מַטֵּה Numbers 1:37; 2:22; 13:9; 34:21; Joshua 21:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45 compare Joshua 21:17; ב ׳בְנֵי מַטֵּה Numbers 10:24; Joshua 18:11, 21; 1 Chronicles 6:50; ב ׳שֵׁבֶט 1 Samuel 10:20-21, 1 Kings 12:21; observe also ב ׳כָּלשִֿׁבְטֵי Judges 20:12 compare 1 Samuel 9:21; בִּנְיָמִן אִישׁ Judges 20:41; 1 Samuel 4:12 compare מִבִּןיָֿ֯מִין אִישׁ 9:1; בִּנְיָמִן אֶרֶץ Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 21:14; Jeremiah 1:1; 17:26; 32:44; 33:13; 37:12; compare 32:8; ב ׳גְּבוּל 1 Samuel 10:2; Ezekiel 48:22 (strike out Co) 48:24; בִּנְיָמִן בֵּית 2 Samuel 3:19; וּב ׳יְהוּדָה בֵּית 1 Kings 12:23; 2 Chronicles 11:1; in name of a temple-gate ב ׳שַׁעַר הָעֶלְיוֺן Jeremiah 20:2; compare 37:13; 38:7; Ezekiel 48:32; Zechariah 14:10. 2 a son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin 1 1 Chronicles 7:10. 3 a Jew of Ezra's time Ezra 10:32 compare Nehemiah 3:23; 12:34. — פרץ בני בנימן 1 Chronicles 9:4 Kt read with Qr פ מִןבְּֿנֵי ׳בָּנִי. |
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