אֵחִי H0278
Ehi, personal name (a son of Benjamin listed in Genesis, possibly same as Ahiram or Aharah in other lists)
Ehi appears in Genesis 46:21 as one of Benjamin's sons who went down to Egypt with Jacob. The name presents textual challenges, as parallel genealogies give different names—Numbers 26:38 has Ahiram, and 1 Chronicles 8:1 has Aharah or Ahoah. These variations may represent the same individual known by different names, or they may reflect textual corruptions in transmission. Such variations are common in biblical genealogies spanning different literary traditions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name identifying one of Benjamin's sons in the Genesis 46 list of Jacob's family who migrated to Egypt. This list of seventy persons establishes the family structure from which Israel would emerge as a nation. The textual variations across different genealogical lists (Ehi, Ahiram, Aharah) illustrate the challenges of preserving exact forms across centuries, though the individual's position as a son of Benjamin remains constant. 1×
AR["إِيحِي"]·ben["এহি"]·DE["Echi"]·EN["Ehi"]·FR["Ehi"]·heb["אחי"]·HI["एही"]·ID["Ehi"]·IT["Ehi"]·jav["Ehi"]·KO["에히와"]·PT["'Echi"]·RU["Эхи"]·ES["Eji"]·SW["Ehi"]·TR["Ehi"]·urd["اخی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אֵחִי n.pr.m. a son of Benjamin Gn 46:21 (P) (perhaps corruption of אֲהִירָם Nu 26:38 (P); so also אַחֲרַח 1 Ch 8:1 cf. אַחֵר 7:12 & comm.)