בִנְיָמִ֗ן
𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤍
Bineyamin
Proper noun denoting a personal name, Benjamin: youngest son of Jacob and Rachel. By extension, the tribe descended from him and later, the territory allocated to this tribe. The name fundamentally refers to an individual but is used metonymically for the tribal group and their allotted land. In personal and genealogical contexts, the sense is of a direct descendant; in collective or territorial contexts, it signals group or geographic identity.
Genesis 46:21 · Word #2
Lexicon H1144
| Lemma | בִּנְיָמִין |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍 |
| Transliteration | Bineyamin |
| Strong's | H1144 |
| Definition | Proper noun denoting a personal name, Benjamin: youngest son of Jacob and Rachel. By extension, the tribe descended from him and later, the territory allocated to this tribe. The name fundamentally refers to an individual but is used metonymically for the tribal group and their allotted land. In personal and genealogical contexts, the sense is of a direct descendant; in collective or territorial contexts, it signals group or geographic identity. |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1144-11
Son of the Right Hand
| Morphological Notes | Proper masculine singular noun (personal/tribal name); compound construct of בֵּן + יָמִין functioning as a fixed proper name. |
| Rendering Rationale | The name is a compound of בֵּן (son) and יָמִין (right hand/south), so rendering it as “Son of the Right Hand” preserves the full root sense rather than substituting the later conventional name. As a proper masculine singular noun, it designates an individual whose name carries this compound meaning. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
Bineyamin
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Son-of-the-Right-Hand |
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