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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βενιᾱμῑ́ν (Beniāmī́n), itself from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyamín).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beniāmīnus m sg (genitive Beniāmīnī); second declension
- a male given name from Hebrew, the thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants