"בנימין" meaning in Hebrew

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Proper name

IPA: [bin.jaˈmin] [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-בנימין.wav Forms: בִּנְיָמִין [canonical], binyamín [romanization]
Etymology: Roots ב־ן (b-n) י־מ־ן (y-m-n) From בן and ימין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory. Etymology templates: {{HE root|בן|ימן}} Roots ב־ן (b-n) י־מ־ן (y-m-n) Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|tr=binyamín|wv=בִּנְיָמִין}} בִּנְיָמִין • (binyamín) m
  1. a male given name, Binyamin or Binyomin, equivalent to English Benjamin Categories (topical): Hebrew given names, Hebrew male given names

Download JSON data for בנימין meaning in Hebrew (2.3kB)

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