Avidan appears five times in Numbers as the designated leader of the tribe of Benjamin during the wilderness period. His name, meaning 'my father is judge,' follows the common theophoric pattern of Israelite names built on av ('father'). He is listed in the census (Num 1:11), the camp arrangement (Num 2:22), and the tabernacle dedication offerings (Num 7:60, 65; 10:24). The multilingual evidence is uniform — English 'Abidan,' Spanish 'Abidan,' French 'Abidan,' German 'Abidan' — reflecting straightforward transliteration of a single referent.