And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Ben-oni - i:e., son of my sorrow. The dying mother gave this name to her child, significant of her circumstances; but Jacob changed it into Benjamin. This is thought by some to have been originally Benjamim, 'a son of days' - i:e., of old age. But with its present ending it means 'son of the right hand' - i:e., particularly dear and precious, or, according to some, 'good fortune.'