Étymologie?:
vient de bēn בֵּן ‘fils’ et yāmīn יָמִין ‘droite’
Racines:
בן
ימין
binyāmīn pr n m pers
Benjamin = "fils de ma main droite", "fils de félicité "
1) plus jeune fils de Jacob et Rachel, frère de Joseph
2) fils de Bilhan, descendant de Benjamin
3) Benjamite, un des fils de Harim, au temps d'Esdras, qui avait prisune épouse étrangère
4) la tribu venant de Benjamin, le fils de Jacob
Apparitions dans le texte biblique : Genèse 35:18, 42:36, 42:4, 43:14, 43:29, 45:12, 45:14, 46:21, 43:15, 43:16, 49:27, 43:34, 44:12, 45:22, 46:19, 35:24 Exode 1:3 Nombres 1:36, 1:11, 2:22, 7:60, 10:24, 26:38, 26:41, 34:21, 1:37, 13:9 Deutéronome 27:12, 33:12 Josué 21:4, 18:28, 18:20, 21:17, 18:11, 18:21 Juges 20:13, 20:28, 20:23, 21:6, 20:31, 5:14, 20:40, 20:3, 20:4, 20:10, 20:15, 20:17, 20:20, 20:21, 20:25, 20:35, 20:36, 20:39, 20:41, 20:44, 20:46, 20:48, 21:1, 21:21, 20:24, 20:30, 20:32, 21:13, 21:23, 20:18, 20:12, 21:16, 21:17, 21:18, 21:20, 20:14, 10:9, 19:14, 21:14, 1:21, 20:43, 21:15 1 Samuel 10:2, 9:1, 4:12, 13:2, 9:16, 13:15, 9:21, 10:20, 10:21, 13:16, 14:16 2 Samuel 21:14, 2:25, 2:31, 3:19, 4:2, 19:18, 2:15, 2:9, 23:29 1 Rois 15:22, 12:23, 4:18, 12:21 Jérémie 38:7, 32:8, 37:13, 33:13, 1:1, 17:26, 32:44, 37:12, 20:2, 6:1 Ézéchiel 48:23, 48:24, 48:32, 48:22 Osée 5:8 Obadia 1:19 Zacharie 14:10 Psaumes 80:3, 68:28 Ezra 1:5, 10:9, 4:1, 10:32 Néhémie 3:23, 11:7, 11:4, 11:31, 11:36, 12:34 1 Chroniques 12:2, 27:21, 7:10, 8:40, 12:30, 8:1, 6:50, 9:4, 9:3, 2:2, 6:45, 21:6, 11:31, 12:17, 7:6, 9:7 2 Chroniques 25:5, 34:32, 15:8, 31:1, 11:10, 11:3, 34:9, 14:7, 15:9, 17:17, 11:1, 15:2, 11:23, 11:12