Encyclopedia of The Bible – Mijamin
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Mijamin

MIJAMIN mĭj’ ə mĭn (מִיָּמִ֖ן, LXX Μιαμὶ̀ν, meaning on the right hand side hence, a favored or fortunate one). A priestly personal name.

Compare this with its variant Miniamin. The names are the same, although this form assimilates the n (nun in Heb.). The variant may have been a way to distinguish between different persons. Mijamin was a descendant of Aaron whom David assigned to one of the twenty-four courses of Temple service (1 Chron 24:9). Another was a priest who set his seal to Nehemiah’s covenant (Neh 10:7). The same or another came up with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:5) and he, or another by the same name, took a foreign wife, according to Ezra 10:25.