"בנימין" meaning in Yiddish

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Proper name

Forms: binyumin [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|he|בִּנְיָמִין}} Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין, {{root|yi|he|ב־ן|י־מ־ן}} Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=binyumin}} בנימין • (binyumin) m, {{yi-proper noun|g=m|tr=binyumin}} בנימין • (binyumin) m
  1. a male given name from Hebrew
    Sense id: en-בנימין-yi-name-qrB7TwYp Categories (other): Yiddish given names, Yiddish male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 33 16 33 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 59 41
  2. (biblical) Benjamin (the youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible)
    Sense id: en-בנימין-yi-name-LTmp7Bzk Categories (other): Biblical characters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 33 16 33 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: יאָמע (yome)

Inflected forms

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    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
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