In the bible, Unni is the name of the second rank Levite, gatekeeper (1CH 15:18), as well as name of among the Levites who came up with Zerubabbel (NEH 12:9). Meaning of the name: poor; afflicted; that answers. Related names are:
Zechariah,
Benaiah,
Eliab (and others ...)
. The translations of Unni in 3 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
עֻנִּי in Hebrew to
Unna in German!
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. (1CH 15:18)
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; (1CH 15:20)
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. (NEH 12:9)