בֶּן־אוֹנִיBen-ʼÔwnîy
proper name, masculine: Rachel's name for Benjamin (Genesis 35:18)
Pronunciation: ben-o-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1126
Same root
- בֵּןbên · H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָוֶןʼâven · H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 35:18 Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of my sorrow”). The baby’s father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).
See every passage
- Genesis 35:18
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).