LL-L "Names" 2007.11.19 (01) [E]

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.11.18 (06) [E]

 I'm not Benjamin. I'm Ben. My mom just liked the sound of Ben J. Bloomgren.
Ben

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From: Jorge Potter <jorgepot at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.11.18 (06) [E]

  Ron stated that "Benjamin"
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>  is popularly understood to mean "son of the south". But in the Samaritan
> Pentateuch it consistently appears as בן ימים (or rather the equivalent in
> Samaritan characters -- http://www.omniglot.com/writing/samaritan.htm).
> This seems to stand for *bên yâmiym* "son of days", thought to be Jacob's
> reference to his own old age when his last son was born.
>
> Incidentally, German and Low Saxon have *Benjamin *(the "j" pronounced as
> "y") as a noun as well, meaning "youngest son.
>

As far as I know, wherever Spanish is spoken, but certainly in Puerto Rico,
"el Benjamín de la familia" is the youngest son.
Of course the "j" is a rough "h".

Jorge Potter
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