Beniamin

Latin

Alternative forms

• Benjamin (used in the Vulgate)
• Beniāmīnus (used in the Epitome Historiae Sacrae)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /beˈni.a.min/, [bɛˈniämɪn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈni.a.min/, [beˈniːämin]

Proper noun

Beniamin m (indeclinable)

1. (Late Latin) Benjamin (the youngest son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)

Related terms

• Beniamītae

Descendants

• English: Benjamin
• Faroese: Benjamin

References

• “Benjămin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Benjamin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 214/3.

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Beniamin

Proper noun

Beniamin m

1. a male given name

References

• Cook, Albert, S. Biblical quotations in Old English Prose writers, page, 69.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbe.nja.min]

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Proper noun

Beniamin m (genitive/dative lui Beniamin)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benjamin