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בֶּן־יְמִינִי

ben-y.mi.niBenjaminite
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group16 occurrences7 books9 verses
This word comes from the name of Benjamin.

Definition

sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי; with H376 inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) בֶּן־אִישׁ ימִינִי; son of a man of Jemini; or shortened אִישׁ יְמִינִי; (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply יְמִינִיxlit Yᵉmînîy corrected to Yᵉmîynîy; a Jeminite; (plural) בְּנֵי יְמִינִיxlit Bᵉnîy corrected to Bᵉnêy; patron from H1144; a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
Traditional renderings: Benjamite, of Benjamin.

Glossary entries

Benjamin (Person) Ben-Oni Benjaminite, Benjamite

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Judges 3:15 (2×)בֶּן־; הַיְמִינִ֔י
    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
  2. Judges 19:16 (2×)בְּנֵ֥י; יְמִינִֽי׃ · were Benjamites
    That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
  3. 1 Samuel 9:21 (2×)בֶן־; יְמִינִ֤י · a Benjamite
    Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
  4. 2 Samuel 16:11 (2×)בֶּן־; הַיְמִינִ֗י · [this] Benjamite
    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
  5. 2 Samuel 19:16 (2×)בֶּן־; הַיְמִינִ֔י · a Benjamite
    Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
  6. 1 Kings 2:8 (2×)בֶן־; הַיְמִינִי֮ · the Benjamite
    Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
  7. 1 Chronicles 27:12לַבֶּנְיְמִינִי · a Benjamite
    The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
  8. Esther 2:5יְמִינִֽי׃ · from the tribe of Benjamin
    Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
  9. Psalm 7:1 (2×)בֶּן־; יְמִינִֽי׃ · a Benjamite
    A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,