The Twelve Tribes · VIII of XII
בנימן
Benjamin
The youngest, and the only son born in the land. Saul, the first king, was a Benjamite, and so was Mordecai.
- Mother
- Rachel
- Born
- The twelfth son of Jacob
- Stone
- יָשְׁפֵה · chalcedony
- Banner
- All twelve colours
- Emblem
- A wolf Genesis 49:27
- In the camp
- The west
It was with the departure of her soul, for she was dying she called his name Ben Oni, And his father called him Benjamin
וַיְהִי בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ כִּי מֵתָה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ בֶּן־אוֹנִי וְאָבִיו קָרָא־לוֹ בִנְיָמִין׃
Benjamin is a wolf that mauls; in the morning he devours prey, and in the evening he divides the spoils
בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב יִטְרָף בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכַל עַד וְלָעֶרֶב יְחַלֵּק שָׁלָל׃
Of Benjamin he said: the beloved, the Lord will dwell in safety with him, He, hovers over him all the day, and He rests between his shoulders.
לְבִנְיָמִן אָמַר יְדִיד יְהֹוָה יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח עָלָיו חֹפֵף עָלָיו כׇּל־הַיּוֹם וּבֵין כְּתֵפָיו שָׁכֵן׃
The English is the Steinsaltz Tanakh, the words of the verse only; the Hebrew is the Masoretic text. The banner, the stone and the emblem follow Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7.