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title: מִנְיָמִין — Miniamin. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִנְיָמִין (4509), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Miniamin. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִנְיָמִין

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«מִנְיָמִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Miniamin. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4509 · **BDB:** מִיָּמִן

### Glosses

Miniamin (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Miniamin. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4509/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4509/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. priestly name: מִיָּמִן assigned to David’s time, 1 Ch 24:9. Neh.’s time Ne 10:8 = מִנְיָמִין 12:17, 41. מִנְיָמִן assigned to Hezekiah’s time 2 Ch 31:15. מִיָּמִין went up with Zerub. Ne 12:5. one of those who took strange wives Ezr 10:25.—𝔊 Βενιαμειν and (especially A 𝔊L) Μιαμειν.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִנְיָמִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4509/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.17/)

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לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה זִכְרִ֑י לְמִ֨נְיָמִ֔ין לְמוֹעַדְיָ֖ה פִּלְטָֽי׃

*Word for word:* of Abijah Zikri of Miniamin of Moadiah Piltai

*JPS 1917:* of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai;

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[Nehemiah 12:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.41/)

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וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים אֶלְיָקִ֡ים מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה מִ֠נְיָמִין מִיכָיָ֧ה אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֛י זְכַרְיָ֥ה חֲנַנְיָ֖ה בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and the priests Eliakim Maaseiah Miniamin Micaiah Elioenai Zechariah Hananiah with trumpets

*JPS 1917:* and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

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