Lexical Summary ben: son Original Word: בֵּןTransliteration: ben Phonetic Spelling: (bane) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: son Meaning: a son Strong's Concordance afflicted, age, anointed one, appointed to, arrow From banah; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)) -- + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. see HEBREW banah see HEBREW 'ab see HEBREW 'ach Brown-Driver-Briggs H1121. ben בֵּן4870 noun masculine son (MI Phoenician בן; so Sabean CISiv. No. 2, compare בני DHMSemitic Sprachforsch. 6; Arabic ; Assyrian bin (u), LyonSargon 9, 1. 57; especially in bin-bin, grandson COTGloss, compare Dl below; Aramaic בַּר, , plural בְּנִין, ; compare Palmyrene, especially VogNo. 21. 31. 36a and others; possibly originally connected with בנה build, so Thes, compare Assyrian bânu, begetter (DlPr 104 & compare BaZMG 1887, 638 ff.); but all traces of this √ lost in Hebrew form; √ perhaps originally bilit. (בֵּן בִּן,) ֗֗֗ בַּן see Sta§ 183) — absolute ׳בּ Genesis 4:25 +; ֵבּןֿ Ezekiel 18:10; construct בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); בֶּןֿ 5:32 +; בֶּן Esther 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefix Genesis 17:17; Numbers 8:25; 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 31:16-17, בְּנוֺ Numbers 23:18; 24:3, 15; בְּנִי Genesis 49:11; בִּן Deuteronomy 25:2; בִּןֿ Exodus 33:11 32t. (29 t. in combination בִּןנֿוּן (הושׁע ישׁוע,) יהושׁע); suffix בְּנִי Genesis 21:10 +; בִּנְךָ Exodus 20:10 +; לִבֱנ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Kings 11:13; בְּנֵךְ Genesis 30:14 +; בְּנוֺ 4:17 +; בְּנָהּ 21:10 +; plural בָּנִים 3:16 +; construct בְּנֵי 6:2 +; suffix בָּנַי 31:43 +; בָּנֵינוּ Joshua 22:25 +; בְּנֵיכֶם Exodus 3:22 +, etc.; — 1 son, male child, born of a woman Genesis 4:25; 16:11, 15; 17:19 compare 17:16; 18:10, 14; 19:37-38, +?בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ Isaiah 49:15; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4f; 5:28; 6:10; 11:11f. + often; "" בַּת (בָּנוֺת) daughter 5:4, 7, 10f. 11:11, 13, 15f; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14; 16:11; 16:14; 1 Samuel 30:3; 30:6; Job 1:2; 42:13 +; of son as desired Genesis 30:2 (compare 15:2; 16:2; 17:17; 18:10f.; 1 Samuel 1:5-11) 2 Kings 4:14, 28; Psalm 127:3 +; rejoiced in Genesis 30:6 +; beloved Exodus 21:5; 2 Samuel 19:1; 19:3; 19:5; 1 Kings 3:26; cared for Deuteronomy 1:31; spared Malachi 3:17; disciplined & trained Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 3:12; 13:24; 19:18; 29:17; owing reverence, obedience, etc. to parents 6:20; 10:1; 13:1; בְּכוֺרְךָ בִּנְךָ thy first-born son Genesis 27:32; הַבְּכֹר הַבֵּן Deuteronomy 21:15 compare 1 Samuel 8:2; הַגָּדֹל בְּנָהּ her elder son Genesis 27:15, 42; הַגָּדֹל בְּנוֺ 27:1; הַקָּטָן בְּנָהּ her younger son 27:15, 42. In particular a. בֶּןאִֿמּוֺ son of his mother, i.e. own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29, compare 27:29; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; 69:9, & see אֵם; אָבִיךָ בְּנֵי sons of thy father = brethren Genesis 49:8 (poetry) b. דֹדֵיהֶן בְּנֵי = cousins Numbers 36:11. c. בְּנִי my son, as term of kindliness or endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1 Samuel 3:6, 16; compare 4:16; 24:17; 26:17, 21, 25, see also Proverbs 1:8, 10; 2:1 +; compare בִּנְךָ, used by Benhadad of himself to Elisha 2 Kings 8:9; by Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser 16:7; especially to express intimate and gracious relation with God: ׳י calls Israel בְכֹרִי בְּנִי Exodus 4:22 compare 4:23; Hosea 11:1, see also Psalm 80:16 (but compare Che); אלהיכם ליהוה אַתֶּם בָּנִים Deuteronomy 14:1; עֶלְיוֺן בְּנֵי Psalm 82:6 ("" אלהים); אֵלחָֿ֑י בְּנֵי Hosea 2:1; compare further Deuteronomy 32:5 (plural) 32:20 (plural) Isaiah 1:2, 4; 30:1, 9; Jeremiah 3:14, 22; 4:22; 31:20; of future Davidic king 2 Samuel 7:14 = 1 Chronicles 17:13 compare Psalm 2:7; expressly referred to Solomon 1 Chronicles 22:10; 28:6; also of children (offered in fire) Ezekiel 16:21. d. האלהים בְּנֵי applied to supernatural beings Genesis 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; אלהים בְּנֵי 38:7; אֵלִים בְּנֵי Psalm 29:1 (on which compare Che's note) 89:7. e. בֶּןאָֿדָם son of man, compare א ׳בְּנֵי, see אָדָם; אִישׁ בְּנֵי Psalm 4:3 & ("" אדם בני) 49:3; 62:10. f. בֶּןבִּֿנְךָ = thy grandson Exodus 10:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Judges 8:22 compare Jeremiah 27:7; plural Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 4:9; 4:25; Judges 12:14; 2 Kings 17:41; 2Chron 8:40; Job 42:16; Psalm 128:6; Proverbs 13:22; 17:6; Ezekiel 37:25; also בֵּן alone with similar reference Genesis 29:5 (Laban son of Nahor); Laban calls his daughters' children his own sons 31:28, 43; compare 32:1; so of Naomi Ruth 4:17; רְבִעִים בְּנֵי 2 Kings 10:30 sons of the fourth Generation, and, in General, descendants Joshua 22:24-25, 27 +; see also below i. below g. constantly, as more precise designation, added to personal name בֶּןיְֿפֻנֶּה כָּלֵב Numbers 14:30; 32:12; 34:19 +; בִּןנֿוּן יְהוֺשֻׁעַ 11:28; 14:30; 32:12, 28; 34:17 +; בֶּןנְֿבָט יָרָבְעָם 1 Kings 12:2, 15 +, etc.; also without personal name (often with implication of contempt) בֶּןקִֿישׁ 1 Samuel 10:11; בֶּןיִֿשַׁי 20:27, 30, 31; 22:7-8, 9, 13; 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; צְרוּיָה בְּנֵי 16:10; בֶּןרְֿמַלְיָהוּ Isaiah 7:4-5, 9; 8:16; בֶּןטָֽֿבְאַ֑ל 7:6; compare also לֵוִי בְּנֵי Numbers 16:7-8,. h. designated as בֶּןזְֿקֻנִים i.e. born in old age of father Genesis 37:3; opposed to הַנְּעוּרִים בְּנֵי sons of one's youth Psalm 127:4; also בֶּןבֵּֿיתִי one born in my house Genesis 15:3 (i.e. slave) so בַיִת בְּנֵי Ecclesiastes 2:7. i. in various combinations: (α) as expression of contumely, הַמַּרְדּוּת נַעֲוַת בֶּןֿ 1 Samuel 20:30; הַזֶּה בֶּןהַֿמְּרַצֵּחַ 2 Kings 6:32 this son of a murderer; compare בְּנֵינָֿבָל Job 30:8; בְלִישֵֿׁם בְּנֵי ib.; עֹנֲַנָה בְּנֵי Isaiah 57:3 ("" מְנָאֵף זֶרַע); compare אַחֶרֶת בֶּןאִֿשָּׁה Judges 11:2 (compare 11:1); (β) as term of respect, dignity, בֶּןחֿוֺרִים son of nobles Ecclesiastes 10:17 (in Aramaic = free born); בֶּןחֲֿכָמִים Isaiah 19:11; בֶּןמַֿלְכֵיקֶֿדֶם ib.; compare בֶּןמֶֿלֶךְ Psalm 72:1 ("" מֶלֶךְ); בֶּןאֲֿמָתֶ֑ךָ 86:16 in addressing ׳י ("" עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ) & בְּנֵיעֲֿבָדֶיךָ Psalm 102:29; of noble appearance הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּנֵי Judges 8:18. j. often plural with name of ancestor, people, land, or city, to denote descendants, inhabitants, membership in a nation or family, etc.: (α) e.g. בְּנֵיעֵֿבֶר Genesis 10:21; בְּנֵיחֵֿת 23:3, 5, 7, 10 (twice in verse); 23:11, 16, 18, 20; 25:10; 49:32 (all P); (בְּנֵישֵֿׁת Numbers 24:17 see below 8); בְּנֵיחֲֿמוֺר Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32; עֵשָׂו בְּנֵי Genesis 36:5, 15, 19; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; שֵׂעִיר בְּנֵי Genesis 36:20-21, בֶּןֿ(בני)הִנֹּם Joshua 15:8 + (compare below גַּיְא); לוֺט בְּנֵי Deuteronomy 2:9, 19; Psalm 83:9; בְּנֵייֿוֺסֵף (literal Genesis 46:27; 48:8; 1 Chronicles 5:1) Numbers 1:32; 26:28, 37; 34:23; 36:5 (ב ׳מַטֵּה ׳י) + 6 t. Joshua, compare Psalm 77:16; even מְנַשֶּׁה שֵׁבֶט חֲצִי בְּנֵי 1 Chronicles 5:23; דָוַיד בְּנֵי (literal 2 Samuel 8:18 = 1 Chronicles 18:17; 3:1, 9) 2 Chronicles 13:8; 23:3; 32:33; אָסָף בְּנֵי29:13; Ezra 2:41; 3:8 + (see אָסָף); קֹרַח בְּנֵי in titles of Psalm 42-49, 84, 85, 87, 88; especially (β) בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן (standing designation of people of Ammon) Genesis 19:38 81t. (compare עַמּוֺן & NöZMG 1886, 171 DrSm 66); יַעֲקֹב בְּנֵי (literal 34:7, 13, 25, 27; 35:5, 22, 26; 49:2) 2 Kings 17:34; Psalm 105:6; Malachi 3:6 compare Psalm 77:16; & chiefly (γ) יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי (literal Genesis 42:5; 45:21; 46:5; Exodus 1:1) 1:7 613t., including Hexateuch 427 (of which 328 P, 49 E, 25 J, 25 D), Judges 61, Samuel Kings Chronicles 73 (23 in reference to ancient history, 10 in opposition to Judah); so also Vrss & variant reading sometimes for יִשׂ ׳בֵּית, e.g. Joshua 21:43 + see Di, Ezekiel 3:1 + see Co; also the reverse 2:3 and elsewhere; note especially בּ ׳עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל Exodus 1:9; בּ ׳עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל 3:10; 7:4; יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי עֲדַת 16:1-2, 9, 10; 17:1; Leviticus 16:5; 19:2; Numbers 1:2, 53; 8:9, 20; 13:26; 15:25-26, 17:6; 19:9; 25:6; 26:2; 31:12 (all P); ב ׳דֹּרוֺת ׳יִשׂ Judges 3:2; ׳כָּלבֿ ׳יִשׂ וְכָלהָֿעָם 20:26; ׳ב ׳יִשׂ הַלֵּוִי וּבְּנֵי Nehemiah 10:40; also (δ) יְהוּדָה בְּנֵי (literal Genesis 46:12; 26:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 10; 4:1) Numbers 1:26 18t. Numbers, Joshua, Judges 1:8-9, 16 (so read also 1:21; 1:21 compare Joshua 15:53 & see below בנימן) 2 Samuel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 4:27 8t. Chronicles, Jeremiah 7:30 4t. Jeremiah; Hosea 2:2; Joel 4:6; Joel 4:8; Joel 4:19; Obadiah 12 (not in Kings, of Judah or of any other tribe, except לֵוִי בְּנֵי 1 Kings 12:31) including יהוּדָה בְּנֵי מַטֵּה Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; 21:1; 1 Chronicles 6:50; for usage with other tribes of Israel, see the articles; — but note (ε) לֵוִי בְּנֵי (literal Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 6:1; compare 23:6) Exodus 32:28; Numbers 3:15; 16:7-8, 18:21; Joshua 21:10 (as including sons of Aaron etc.); לֵוִי כָּלבְּֿנֵי Exodus 32:26; ב ׳כָּלאַֿחֶיךָ ׳ל Numbers 16:10; ב ׳הַכֹּהֲנִים ׳ל Deuteronomy 21:5; 31:9 compare 1 Kings 12:31 & Malachi 3:8; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 24:20; Ezra 8:15 (distinguished from priests) Nehemiah 12:23; Ezekiel 40:46 (including צָדוֺק בְּנֵי the priests); also ב ׳מַחֲנוֺת ׳ל 1 Chronicles 9:18; הַלֵּוִי בְּנֵי 12:27; Nehemiah 10:40; הַלְּוִיִם בְּנֵי 15:15; 24:30 (compare also לֵוִי); (ζ) אַהֲרֹן בְּנֵי (literal Exodus 28:1, 40; 1 Chronicles 5:29; 1 Chronicles 24:1; often Aaron and his sons literal Exodus 27:21; 28:1, 4 +) Leviticus 3:5, 8, 13; 6:7; 6:11; 7:10; Leviticus 7:83; Joshua 21:10; 1 Chronicles 6:35; 6:39; 6:42; 15:4 (+ Levites) 24:1; 24:31; Nehemiah 12:47; also א ׳בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים Leviticus 1:5, 8, 11; 2:2; 3:2; Numbers 3:8; 10:8 & Joshua 21:19; 2 Chronicles 31:19; compare 26:18; 29:21; 35:14 (twice in verse); הַכֹּהֵן אַהֲרֹן בְּנֵי Leviticus 1:7; Joshua 21:4 (as subdivision of Levites) 21:13 compare Leviticus 7:34; וְהַלְּוִּיִּם אַהֲרֹן אֶתבְּֿנֵי יהוה אֶתכֹּֿהֲנֵי2 Chronicles 13:9 compare 13:10; once in singular בֶּןאַֿהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן Nehemiah 10:39; see also below אַהֲרֹן; (η) צָדוֺק בְּנֵי Ezekiel 40:26, 44:15 צדוק בני הלוים הכהנים; 48:11 צדוק מנגי הַמְֿקֻדָּשׁ הכהנים (ᵐ5 Sm Co join מ of מבני to preceding word, making plural); (φ) בְּנֵי with names of peoples, lands, and cities, כֻּשִׁיִּים בְּנֵי Amos 9:7; מִצְרַיִם בְּנֵי Ezekiel 16:26; אַשּׁוּר בְּנֵי 16:28; 23:7, 9, 12, 23; ׳ב הַבְּרִית אֶדֶץ 30:5 (Co strike out ארץ); ׳ב בָּבֶל 23:15. 23:17, 28; ׳ב יְרוּשָׁלַם Joel 4:6; ׳ב צִיּוֺן Joel 2:23; Lamentations 4:2; Psalm 149:2 (compare Zechariah 9:13). See further (ι) עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּנֵי Leviticus 19:18; compare 20:17; Numbers 22:5; Judges 14:16-17, Ezekiel 3:11; 33:2, 12, 17, 30; 37:18; Daniel 12:1 עַמְּךָ מָּרִיצֵי בְּנֵי 11:14; (κ) הָעָם בְּנֵי קֶבֶר 2 Kings 23:6; 2 Chronicles 35:5, 7, 12; הָעָם בְּנֵי קִבְרֵי Jeremiah 26:23; (λ) בְּנֵיקֶֿדֶם Genesis 29:1; Judges 7:12; 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10; (μ) הַמְּדִינָה בְּנֵי Ezra 2:1 = Nehemiah 7:6; (ν) of bulls, בָשָׁן בְּנֵי Deuteronomy 32:14 (song) compare KloSK 1872. 254 Di. 2 children (male and female) Genesis 3:16; 21:7; Exodus 21:5; 22:23; hence הַזְכָּרִים מְנַשֶּׁה בְּנֵי Joshua 17:2 male children, זָכָר בֵּן Jeremiah 20:15. 3 youth, young men (plural) Proverbs 7:7; Song of Solomon 2:3. 4 the young of animals Leviticus 22:28 (שֶׂה אוֺ שׁוֺר) compare Deuteronomy 22:6-7, 1 Samuel 6:7, 10; Zechariah 9:9; Job 4:11; 28:8; 39:4, 16; — בֶּןבָּֿקָר etc. see below 7b below 5 of plant-shoots מֹּרָת בֵּן Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); also בֵּן Psalm 80:16 ? ("" כַּנָּה; see Chetransl. & critical note) 6 figurative of lifeless things, רֶשֶׁף בְּנֵי sparks Job 5:7; stars עַלבָּֿנֶיהָ עַיִשׁ 38:32; arrows בֶּןקָֿ֑שֶׁת 41:2; אַשְׁמָּתוֺ בְּנֵי Lamentations 3:13; compare בֶּןגָּֿרְנִי i.e. corn of my threshing-floor Isaiah 21:10. 7. a. member of a guild, order or class, הַנְּבִיאִים בְּנֵי i.e. those belonging to the prophetic order 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 4:1, 38 (twice in verse); 5:22; 6:1; 9:1 (Hoffm RSProph, 85, 388, Ki 15 f.; ZehnpfBAS i, 355 compare Assyrian mâr šipri (šiprâtum), son of a messenger = messenger, and explains from the son's succeeding to father's calling) & בֶּןנָֿבִיא Amos 7:14; probably also הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי 1 Chronicles 9:30; Ezra 2:61; 10:18; הַשֹּׁעֲרִים בְּנֵי 2:42; compare הַגְּדוּד בְּנֵי2 Chronicles 25:13 men of the troop, see Palmyrene בנישירתא men of the caravan VogNo, 4 and others; also הַגּוֺלָה בְּנֵי = exiles Ezra 4:1; 6:19-20, 8:35; 10:7, 16 (see גולה below גלה): further, in בֶּןנֵֿכָר = foreigner (only P, poetry, & late) Genesis 17:12, 27; Exodus 12:43; Leviticus 22:25; Ezekiel 44:9 (twice in verse); ׳הַֿנּ׳ב Isaiah 56:3; בְּנֵיִנֵֿכָר 2 Samuel 22:45-46, = Psalm 18:45; 18:46; Nehemiah 9:2; Isaiah 60:10; 61:5; 62:8; Ezekiel 44:7; Psalm 144:7; 144:11, ׳בְּנֵיהַֿנּ Isaiah 56:6; also עִמָּכֶם הַגָּרִים הַתּוֺשָׁבִּים בְּנֵי Leviticus 25:4-5,. b. of animals, בֶּןבָּֿקָר son of (the) herd, i.e. young one of the herd, בָקָר וּבְנֵי בָּקָר 1 Samuel 14:32 compare בֶּןבָּֿקָר עֵגֶל Leviticus 9:2 (P); then, in General, one of the herd: fit for food Genesis 18:7-8, (J), for sacrifice Numbers 15:8-9, (P); ׳בןהַֿב only Leviticus 12:6 (P); especially בֶּןבָּֿקָר מַּר Exodus 29:1; Leviticus 4:3, 14; 16:3; 23:18; Numbers 7:15-16t. Numbers (all P) + 2 Chronicles 13:9; Ezekiel 43:19, 23, 25; 45:18; 46:6; בָּקָר בְּנֵי מָּרִים Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; 29:13, 17 (P); also אֲתֹנוֺ בְּנִי Genesis 49:11 (poem, J; "" עִירֹה); בְּנֵיצֹֿאן Psalm 114:4; 114:6; בֶּןרְֿאֵמִים 29:6; הָרַמָּכִים בְָּנֵי Esther 8:10; (הַ)יּוֺנָה בְּנֵי Leviticus 1:14 7t. Lev + Numbers 6:10 compare בֶּןיֿוֺנָה Leviticus 12:6 (all P); נָ֑שֶׁר בְּנֵיֿ Proverbs 30:17; עֹרֵב בְּנֵי Psalm 147:9. 8 ׳ב as relative noun followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc. especially (α) בֶּןֿ(בני)חַיִל = mighty man 1 Samuel 14:52; 18:17; 2 Samuel 2:7; 13:28; 17:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:52 7t. Chronicles; ח בני ׳אֲנָשִׁים Judges 18:2; 2 Kings 2:16; הֶחָ֑יִל מִבְּנֵי אִישׁ אֶלֶף Judges 21:10; (β) עַוְלָה בְּנֵי wicked men 2 Samuel 3:34; 7:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Hosea 10:9; ׳בֶּןעֿ Psalm 89:23 (for בליעל בני see בליעל); (γ) מֶ֑רִי בְּנֵי rebels Numbers 17:25 (compare בַּיִת); (δ) הַתַּעֲרֻבוֺת בְּנֵי sons of pledges = hostages 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24; (ε) מָוֶת בְּנֵי i.e. those deserving of death 1 Samuel 26:16; so בֶּןמֿות 2 Samuel 12:5; תְמוּתָה בְּנֵי appointed or exposed to death Psalm 79:11; 102:21; compare (ζ) הַכּוֺת בִּן one worthy of smiting Deuteronomy 25:2; (η) עֹ֑נִי בְּנֵי Proverbs 31:5; (θ) חֲלוֺף בְּנֵי 31:8; (ι) שָׁאוֺן בְּנֵי Jeremiah 48:45 = tumultuous ones; so also (= שֵׁאת) שֵׁת בְּנֵי Numbers 24:17 compare RV Di and others; (κ) הַיִּצְהָר כְּנֵי Zechariah 4:14 i.e. anointed ones; (λ) בֶּןמֶֿשֶׁק Genesis 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir; (μ) בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר הֵילֵל Isaiah 14:12 son of dawn; (ν) of animals שָׁ֑הַץ בְּנֵיִ i.e. proud beasts Job 28:8; 41:26; (ξ) of Jonah's gourd בִּןלַֿיְלָה Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse); (ο) of a fertile hill בֶּןשֶֿׁמֶן קֶרֶן Isaiah 5:1. 9 noun relative of age: a. of men, שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת בֶּןהֲֿמֵשׁ נֹחַ וַיְהִי Genesis 5:32; compare 7:6 71t. P; 50:26; Joshua 14:7. 14:10; 24:29 (all E); Numbers 32:11 (J), Deuteronomy 31:2; also Judges 2:8; 1 Samuel 4:15; 2 Samuel 4:4; 19:33; 19:36; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 23:3, 24, 27; 27:3; 2 Chronicles 24:15; 25:5; 31:16-17, Ezra 3:8; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:1; 41t. Samuel Kings Chronicles, of kings of accession; note especially (included in above) the phrase וָמָ֑עְלָה שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרִים מִבֶּן Exodus 30:14; 38:26; Numbers 1:3 21t. Numbers 1-3 + 26:2, 4; 32:11; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Ezra 3:8; compare Leviticus 27:7; Numbers 8:24; 26:62; 1 Chronicles 23:3 & without מעלה Numbers 8:25; 18:16; also שָׁנָה בֶּןשִֿׁשִּׁים וְעַד שׁנה עשׂרים מִבֶּן Leviticus 27:3 compare 27:5; 27:6; שׁנה בןחֿמשׁים ועד ומעלה שׁנה שׁלשׁים מִבֶּן Numbers 4:3 (twice in verse) + 12 t. Numbers 4; וּלְמַ֫עְלָה שׁנים שׁלושׁ מבּן2 Chronicles 31:16 compare 31:17; & וּלְמָ֑טָּה שׁנה עשׂרים לְמִבֶּן 1 Chronicles 27:23. b. of animals, (Hexateuch all P, including H) בֶּןשָֿׁנָה Exodus 12:5; 29:38; Leviticus 9:3; 23:18-19, Numbers 7:17 28t. Numbers 7, 28, 29; also Micah 6:6; בֶּןשְֿׁנָתוֺ Leviticus 12:6; 23:12; Numbers 6:12, 14 12t. Numbers 7; also Ezekiel 46:13.Note. — בן appears perhaps abbreviated as בּ in a few compound proper names; see בִּדְקַר (= בֶּןדֿקר?), בִּשְׁלָם בִּרְשַׁע, בַּעֲנָה, בַּעֲלִיס, בִּמְהָל, בִּלְשָׁן, (so MV after Schol. Hamâsa3ed. Freytag; Röde libr, hist, interpr, Arab, 20, 21; but this is very uncertain, compare Ol§ 227 b, p. 613). — On Lag's explanation of אבי in some proper names as for אבן = בן compare LagBN 75 & see אבינר p. 4, etc., but this is dubious בְּנוֺ 1 Chronicles 24:26-27, as proper name, masculine in AV RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, compare VB & Be Öttli. |