ben-y.mi.ni identifies a person or people as belonging to Benjamin in biblical narrative and genealogical description.

The term consistently marks individuals or groups by their connection with Benjamin. It identifies named people in family or social descriptions, a group of local inhabitants, and men associated with Benjamin in a royal setting.

1. Identification of individuals connected with Benjamin · dominant

   The masculine singular gentilic form identifies people in personal descriptions: Saul speaks of himself as a son of a Benjaminite in 1 Samuel 9:21; Ehud is identified after his father’s name in Judges 3:15; and Mordecai’s ancestry concludes with this designation in Esther 2:5. The same identifying use occurs for Shimei in 1 Kings 2:8 and 2 Samuel 16:11, and for Abiezer in 1 Chronicles 27:12.

   1 Samuel 9:21Judges 3:15Esther 2:51 Kings 2:82 Samuel 16:111 Chronicles 27:12
2. Designation of people associated with Benjamin · occasional

   In Judges 19:16, the form identifies the men of Gibeah as a group; the APB renders the clause, “the men of the place were Benjaminites.” In 2 Samuel 19:17, the surrounding clause describes a thousand men from Benjamin accompanying Shimei, confirming the designation’s Benjamin connection in a group setting.

   Judges 19:162 Samuel 19:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly makes the designation explicit with “Benjaminite,” as in 1 Samuel 9:21, Judges 3:15, and Esther 2:5. In Judges 19:16 it uses the plural “Benjaminites”; Psalm 7:1 contains the form, but the supplied APB verse does not visibly reflect its contribution.