Benjamin

Etymology
From, from , from. Authorities differ on the meaning of the original Hebrew. Philo of Alexandria, the Samaritan Pentateuch The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs and Midrash Leḳaḥ-Ṭob understand יָמִין to mean "days" (a meaning attested in Daniel 12:13) understanding the name to mean "son of days (i.e. old age)" (compare to the direct translations into 🇨🇬 (bin yawmīn) "son of the days" and 🇨🇬 "son of the right hand"), a formula paraphrased in Genesis 40:22 where Benjamin is described as a child of Jacob's old age. Rashi in his commentary on Genesis also gives this as a possible meaning but favors an understanding of יָמִין to mean "right" in the sense of "the south", noting that Benjamin was the only son of Jacob born in the south. Jerome understood the name to mean "son of the right hand" and Gesenius speculated that this expression might have meant "son of good fortune".

Proper noun

 * 1) The youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible.
 * And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
 * 1)  of biblical origin.
 * 1)  of biblical origin.
 * 1)  of biblical origin.

Translations

 * Albanian: Beniamín, Veniamín
 * Arabic: بِنْيَامِين, بَنْيَامِين
 * Armenian: Բենիամին
 * Belarusian: Веніямі́н
 * Catalan: Benjamí
 * Chechen: Биньямин
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 便雅憫
 * Czech: Benjamín
 * Danish: Benjamin
 * Esperanto: Benjameno
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Βενιαμίν
 * Hawaiian: Beniamina
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Biniáimin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ベニヤミン
 * Kazakh: Бунямин
 * Latin: Benjamin, Beniamin, Beniāmīnus
 * Malay: Bunyamin
 * Maltese: Benjamin
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Beniàmin
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Benyamini
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: பென்யமீன்
 * Tibetan: བེན་ཡ་མིན།
 * Turkish: Benyamin
 * Ukrainian: Веніями́н, Веніамі́н


 * Albanian: Beniamín, Benijamín, Benjamín,Veniamín
 * Amharic: ቢንያም
 * Arabic: بِنْيَامِين, بَنْيَامِين
 * Armenian: Բենիամին
 * Catalan: Benjamí
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Benjamín
 * Danish: Benjamin
 * Esperanto: Benjameno
 * Finnish:, Penjami
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Peniʻamina
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: बेंजामिन
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ベンジャミン
 * Korean: 베냐민, 벤자민
 * Latin: Benjamin, Beniamin
 * Latvian: Benjamīns, Bendžamins
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: Бенџамин, Венјамин
 * Malay: Bunyamin
 * Maltese: Benjaminu
 * Maori: Peneāmine, Penamene
 * Norman: Benjamîn
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Benjamin
 * Russian: ,
 * Sámi: Benjáme
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Бењамин
 * Roman: Benjamin
 * Slovak: Benjamín
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: பென்யமீன்
 * Telugu: బెంజమిన్
 * Turkish: Bünyamin, Benyamin
 * Yiddish: בנימין

Noun

 * 1)  A $100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

Usage notes

 * Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.

Related terms

 * pet forms: Ben, Benji, Benjy, Benny

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Also from.

Proper noun

 * 1) the tribe of Benjamin
 * 1) the tribe of Benjamin
 * 1) the tribe of Benjamin

Proper noun

 * 1)  Biblical figure

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Biblical character, mythological son of Jacob

Etymology
From, from , from.

Usage notes

 * son of Benjamin: Benjaminsson
 * daughter of Benjamin: Benjaminsdóttir

Etymology
From, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Benjamin Biblical figure

Proper noun

 * 1)   Biblical figure

Proper noun

 * 1) Benjamin Biblical figure

Noun

 * 1) youngest child

Proper noun

 * 1) Benjamin Biblical figure

Proper noun

 * 1)  Biblical figure