Benjamin

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Pronounced： [ BEN-jə-min (English), bawn-zha-MEN (French), BEN-yah-meen (German) ]
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Usage：English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Biblical

Meaning & History：

From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Benjamin in the Old Testament is the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of the Hebrews. He was originally named בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-'oniy) meaning "son of my sorrow" by his mother Rachel, who died shortly after childbirth, but it was later changed by his father (see Genesis 35:18).... [more]

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ARABIC: Binyamin

BIBLICAL GREEK: Beniamin

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Binyamin

BIBLICAL LATIN: Beniamin

BIBLICAL: Benjamin

CZECH: Benjamín

DANISH: Benjamin

DUTCH: Benjamin

ENGLISH: Benjamin

FRENCH: Benjamin