בֶּן־יְמִינִי
Ben-yᵉmîynîy · ben-yem-ee-nee'
a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
Lexicon
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);
a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Benjamite, of Benjamin.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
The house, what is within of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֶּן־יְמִינִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a benjamite6 · 33%
- of the benjamites3 · 17%
- the benjamites2 · 11%
- were benjamites1 · 6%
- to the benjamites1 · 6%
- am not i a benjamite1 · 6%
- ye benjamites1 · 6%
- how much more now may this benjamite1 · 6%
- of benjamin1 · 6%
- the benjamite1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.