H1126 H1126
Ben-Oni (personal name: 'son of my sorrow,' Rachel's name for Benjamin before she died)
This compound personal name means 'son of my sorrow' and represents Rachel's dying choice for her newborn son in Genesis 35:18. The name captured her mortal anguish in childbirth. Jacob immediately renamed the child Benjamin ('son of the right hand'), transforming the memorial of grief into one of blessing and honor, a poignant detail in the patriarchal narrative.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Names Rachel's son in her final breath in Genesis 35:18. The meaning 'son of my sorrow' encapsulates the tragedy of her death in childbirth. All major translations preserve the transliteration 'Ben-Oni,' allowing the Hebrew wordplay between the mother's sorrowful name and the father's hopeful renaming to remain visible. 1×
AR["بَنَ-أُونِي"]·ben["বেন-ওনি"]·DE["Ben-Oni"]·EN["Ben-Oni"]·FR["Ben-Oni"]·heb["בןאוני"]·HI["बेन-ओनी"]·ID["Ben-oni"]·IT["Ben-Oni"]·jav["Ben-Oni"]·KO["벤오니라"]·PT["Ben-'Oni"]·RU["Бен-Они"]·ES["Ben-Oni"]·SW["Ben-oni"]·TR["Ben-Oni"]·urd["بن-اونی"]
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
† בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י n.pr.m. (son of my sorrow) Rachel’s name for Benjamin (cf. infr.) Gn 35:18.