בֶּן־יְמִינִי

Strong’s Definition

a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin

Etymology & Derivation

sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי; with H376 (אִישׁ) 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 (בִּנְיָמִין);

KJV Usage

Benjamite, of Benjamin.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.one of the tribe of benjamin

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Ben-yᵉmîynîy; Pronunciation: ben-yem-ee-nee'