ben-yemini · Benjaminite

What it means

ben-yemini (בֶּן־יְמִינִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Benjaminite”.

Of the tribe of Benjamin.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone from the tribe of Benjamin.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Benjaminite ×14
• were Benjaminites ×2

Where it appears

• Judges×4
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×4
• 1 Kings×2
• Esther×2
• Psalms×2

• Judges 3:15

  The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, and YHWH raised up for them a savior, Ehud son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. The sons of Israel sent by his hand tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

• Judges 19:16

  And look, an old man was coming from his work from the field in the evening. The man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing as an alien in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

• 1 Samuel 9:21

  And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my clan is the least of all the clans of the tribes of Benjamin. Why then have you spoken to me a word like this?”

• 2 Samuel 16:11

  David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Look, my son, who came out from my own body, seeks my life; how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse, for YHWH has told him.

• 2 Samuel 19:16

  Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

• 1 Kings 2:8

  And there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by YHWH, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

• Esther 2:5

  There was a Jewish man in Susa, the fortress, and his name was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

• Psalms 7:1

  A Shigaion of David, which he sang to YHWH concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. YHWH my Elohim, in you I have taken refuge; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,

And 8 more times.