{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1144",
  "lemma": "בִּנְיָמִין",
  "transliteration": "Binyâmîyn",
  "definition": "Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory",
  "kjv": "Benjamin.",
  "occurrences": 166,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1121",
      "lemma": "בֵּן",
      "transliteration": "bên",
      "meaning": "a son",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1121"
    },
    {
      "id": "H3225",
      "lemma": "יָמִין",
      "transliteration": "yâmîyn",
      "meaning": "the right hand or side",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3225"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בִּנְיָמִין n.pr.m. 166 (son of (the) right hand)—",
    "1. youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin's birth, called בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י (q.v.)",
    "2. son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin",
    "3. a Jew of Ezra's time"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:18",
      "text": "As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:24",
      "text": "The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:4",
      "text": "But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:36",
      "text": "Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:14",
      "text": "May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:15",
      "text": "The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:16",
      "text": "When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:29",
      "text": "He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:34",
      "text": "He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:12",
      "text": "He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=12"
    }
  ],
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