The meaning of “בֶּן־יְמִינִי”
Understanding Ben-yᵉmîynîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי Bên-ha-yᵉmîynîy (ben-hah-yem-eenee'); with אִישׁ inserted (1 Samue...
בֶּן־יְמִינִי
sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי Bên-ha-yᵉmîynîy (ben-hah-yem-eenee'); with אִישׁ inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) בֶּן־אִישׁ ימִינִי Ben-ʼÎysh Ymîynîy (ben-eesh' yem-ee-nee'); son of a man of Jemini; or shortened אִישׁ יְמִינִי ʼÎysh Yᵉmîynîy (eesh yem-ee-nee'); (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply יְמִינִי Yᵉmîynîy (yem-ee-nee'); a Jeminite; (plural) בְּנֵי יְמִינִי Bᵉnêy Yᵉmîynîy (ben-ay' yem-ee-nee'); patron from בִּנְיָמִין Benjamite, of Benjamin. - § Benjamite = "a son of the right hand" - a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin 1) one of the tribe of Benjamin
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 20:36 | “So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.” Word: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (Ben-yᵉmîynîy) | |
| 1 Samuel 9:21 | “And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?” Word: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (Ben-yᵉmîynîy) | |
| 2 Samuel 19:17 | “And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.” Word: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (Ben-yᵉmîynîy) | |
| 1 Kings 2:8 | “And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.” Word: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (Ben-yᵉmîynîy) | |
| 1 Chronicles 27:12 | “The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.” Word: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (Ben-yᵉmîynîy) |