# H1144 בִּנְיָמִין

בִּנְיָמִין (Binyâmîyn), Strong’s H1144: Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory KJV: Benjamin.. Occurs 166 times.

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*Binyâmîyn* — Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

KJV: Benjamin.

Built from [בֵּן bên](https://besorah.bible/word/H1121) (a son) + [יָמִין yâmîyn](https://besorah.bible/word/H3225) (the right hand or side) — means “son of (the) right hand”

Occurs 166 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 35:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=18) — As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
- [Genesis 35:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=24) — The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- [Genesis 42:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=4) — But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
- [Genesis 42:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=36) — Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you…
- [Genesis 43:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=14) — May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am…
- [Genesis 43:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=15) — The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and…
- [Genesis 43:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=16) — When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an…
- [Genesis 43:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=29) — He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of…
- [Genesis 43:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=34) — He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank…
- [Genesis 44:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=12) — He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.