Lexicon
יְמִינִי
ye.mi.ni
H3227B
N:N--PG Hebrew

[Ben]jaminite

3
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

ye.mi.ni identifies a man or a land by association with Benjamin in the supplied passages.

The attested use marks association with Benjamin: it describes Kish in a family introduction, Saul's hearers as a group, and a land traversed during a search.

Senses in use

  1. Association with Benjamin · dominant

    All three instances are masculine singular absolute gentilics. In 1 Samuel 9:1 the form occurs in Kish's ancestral introduction; in 1 Samuel 22:7 Saul addresses those around him as a Benjamin-associated group; and in 1 Samuel 9:4 it occurs in the clause about passing through a land associated with Benjamin.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the association as “a Benjaminite” in 1 Samuel 9:1, “sons of Benjamin” in 1 Samuel 22:7, and “the land of the Benjaminite” in 1 Samuel 9:4. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture