Lexical Definition

‎בֵּן‎ bên (bane) son: child ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּנָה‎

[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

• 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 father or brother), etc.)

1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class

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Aramaic form: בַּר
‎בֵּן‎₄₈₇₀ noun masculine son (MI Phoenician ‎בן‎; so Sabean CIS^{iv. No. 2}, compare ‎בני‎ DHM^{Semitic Sprachforsch. 6}; Arabic ; Assyrian bin (u), Lyon^{Sargon 9, 1. 57}; especially in bin-bin, grandson COT^Gloss, compare Dl below; Aramaic ‎בַּר‎, , plural ‎בְּנִין‎, ; compare Palmyrene, especially Vog^{No. 21. 31. 36a} and others; possibly originally connected with ‎בנה‎ build, so Thes, compare Assyrian bânu, begetter (Dl^{Pr 104 &} compare Ba^{ZMG 1887, 638 ff.}); but all traces of this √ lost in Hebrew form; √ perhaps originally bilit. (‎בִּן‎, ‎בֵּן‎) ‎בַּן ֗֗֗ ‎ see Sta^{§ 183}) — absolute ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Gen 4:25 +; ‎ֵ˜בּןֿ‎ Ezek 18:10 construct ‎בֵּן‎ Gen 49:22 (twice in verse); ‎בֶּןֿ‎ Gen 5:32 +; ‎בֶּן‎ Esth 2:5; Neh 6:18, & with prefix Gen 17:17; Num 8:25; 1Chr 27:23; 2Chr 25:5; 2Chr 31:16; 2Chr 31:17 ‎בְּנוֺ‎ Num 23:18; Num 24:3; Num 24:15 ‎בְּנִי‎ Gen 49:11 ‎בִּן‎ Deut 25:2 ‎בִּןֿ‎ Exod 33:11 + 32 t. (29 t. in combination ‎בִּןנֿוּן‎ (‎ישׁוע‎, ‎הושׁע‎) ‎יהושׁע‎); suffix ‎בְּנִי‎ Gen 21:10 +; ‎בִּנְךָ‎ Exod 20:10 +; ‎לִבֱנ֑ךָ‎ Deut 7:3; 1Kgs 11:13 ‎בְּנֵךְ‎ Gen 30:14 +; ‎בְּנוֺ‎ Gen 4:17 +; ‎בְּנָהּ‎ Gen 21:10 +; plural ‎בָּנִים‎ Gen 3:16 +; construct ‎בְּנֵי‎ Gen 6:2 +; suffix ‎בָּנַי‎ Gen 31:43 +; ‎בָּנֵינוּ‎ Josh 22:25 +; ‎בְּנֵיכֶם‎ Exod 3:22 +, etc.; —

1. son, male child, born of a woman Gen 4:25; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:15; Gen 17:19 compare vGen 17:16; Gen 18:10; Gen 18:14; Gen 19:37; Gen 19:38 + often, compare ‎בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ‎ Isa 49:15 begotten by a man Gen 5:4f; Gen 5:28; Gen 6:10; Gen 11:11f. + often; || ‎(בָּנוֺת) בַּת‎ daughter Gen 5:4; Gen 5:7; Gen 5:10f. Gen 11:11; Gen 11:13; Gen 11:15f; Exod 20:10; Deut 5:14; Deut 16:11; Deut 16:14; 1Sam 30:3; 1Sam 30:6; Job 1:2; Job 42:13 +; of son as desired Gen 30:2 (compare Gen 15:2; Gen 16:2; Gen 17:17; Gen 18:10f.; 1Sam 1:5-11) 2Kgs 4:14; 2Kgs 4:28; Ps 127:3 +; rejoiced in Gen 30:6 +; beloved Exod 21:5; 2Sam 19:1*; 2Sam 19:3*; 2Sam 19:5*; 1Kgs 3:26 cared for Deut 1:31 spared Mal 3:17 disciplined & trained Deut 8:5; Prov 3:12; Prov 13:24; Prov 19:18; Prov 29:17 owing reverence, obedience, etc. to parents Prov 6:20; Prov 10:1; Prov 13:1 ‎בִּנְךָ בְּכוֺרְךָ‎ thy first-born son Gen 27:32 ‎הַבֵּן הַבְּכֹר‎ Deut 21:15 compare 1Sam 8:2 ‎בְּנָהּ‎ ‎הַגָּדֹל‎ her elder son Gen 27:15; Gen 27:42 ‎בְּנוֺ הַגָּדֹל‎ Gen 27:1 ‎בְּנָהּ‎ ‎הַקָּטָן‎ her younger son Gen 27:15; Gen 27:42. In particular
a. ‎בֶּןאִֿמּוֺ‎ son of his mother, i.e. own (uterine) brother Gen 43:29, compare Gen 27:29; Judg 8:19; Ps 50:20; Ps 69:9*, & see ‎אֵם‎; ‎בְּנֵי אָבִיךָ‎ sons of thy father = brethren Gen 49:8 (poetry)
b. ‎בְּנֵי דֹדֵיהֶן‎ = cousins Num 36:11.
c. ‎בְּנִי‎ my son, as term of kindliness or endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1Sam 3:6; 1Sam 3:16 compare 1Sam 4:16; 1Sam 24:17*; 1Sam 26:17; 1Sam 26:21; 1Sam 26:25, see also Prov 1:8; Prov 1:10; Prov 2:1 +; compare ‎בִּנְךָ‎, used by Benhadad of himself to Elisha 2Kgs 8:9 by Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser 2Kgs 16:7 especially to express intimate and gracious relation with God: ‎׳‎‎י‎ calls Israel ‎בְּנִי בְכֹרִי‎ Exod 4:22 compare vExod 4:23; Hos 11:1, see also Ps 80:16* (but compare Che); ‎בָּנִים אַתֶּם ליהוה אלהיכם‎ Deut 14:1 ‎בְּנֵי‎ ‎עֶלְיוֺן‎ Ps 82:6 (|| ‎אלהים‎); ‎בְּנֵי אֵלחָֿ֑י‎ Hos 2:1* compare further Deut 32:5 (plural) vDeut 32:20 (plural) Isa 1:2; Isa 1:4; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:9; Jer 3:14; Jer 3:22; Jer 4:22; Jer 31:20 of future Davidic king 2Sam 7:14 = 1Chr 17:13 compare Ps 2:7 expressly referred to Solomon 1Chr 22:10; 1Chr 28:6 also of children (offered in fire) Ezek 16:21.
d. ‎בְּנֵי האלהים‎ applied to supernatural beings Gen 6:2; Gen 6:4; Job 1:6; Job 2:1 ‎בְּנֵי אלהים‎ Job 38:7 ‎בְּנֵי אֵלִים‎ Ps 29:1 (on which compare Che's note) Ps 89:7*.
e. ‎בֶּןאָֿדָם‎ son of man, compare ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי א‎, see ‎אָדָם‎; ‎בְּנֵי אִישׁ‎ Ps 4:3* & (|| ‎בני אדם‎) Ps 49:3*; Ps 62:10*. feminine ‎בֶּןבִּֿנְךָ‎ = thy grandson Exod 10:2; Deut 6:2; Judg 8:22 compare Jer 27:7 plural Exod 34:7; Exod 4:25; Exod 2:41; Exod 2:40; Job 42:16; Ps 128:6; Prov 13:22; Prov 17:6; Ezek 37:25 also ‎בֵּן‎ alone with similar reference Gen 29:5 (Laban son of Nahor); Laban calls his daughters' children his own sons Gen 31:28; Gen 31:43 compare Gen 32:1* so of Naomi Ruth 4:17 ‎בְּנֵי‎ ‎רְבִעִים‎ 2Kgs 10:30 sons of the fourth generation, and, in general, descendants Josh 22:24; Josh 22:25; Josh 22:27 +; see also below
i. below
g. constantly, as more precise designation, added to personal name ‎כָּלֵב בֶּןיְֿפֻנֶּה‎ Num 14:30; Num 32:12; Num 34:19 +; ‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ בִּןנֿוּן‎ Num 11:28; Num 14:30; Num 32:12; Num 32:28; Num 34:17 +; ‎יָרָבְעָם בֶּןנְֿבָט‎ 1Kgs 12:2; 1Kgs 12:15 +, etc.; also without personal name (often with implication of contempt) ‎בֶּןקִֿישׁ‎ 1Sam 10:11 ‎בֶּןיִֿשַׁי‎ 1Sam 20:27; 1Sam 20:30; 1Sam 20:31; 1Sam 22:7; 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:9; 1Sam 22:13; 1Sam 25:10; 2Sam 20:1 ‎בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה‎ 2Sam 16:10 ‎בֶּןרְֿמַלְיָהוּ‎ Isa 7:4; Isa 7:5; Isa 7:9; Isa 8:16 ‎בֶּןטָֽֿבְאַ֑ל‎ Isa 7:6 compare also ‎בְּנֵי לֵוִי‎ Num 16:7; Num 16:8.
h. designated as ‎בֶּןזְֿקֻנִים‎ i.e. born in old age of father Gen 37:3 opposed to ‎בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים‎ sons of one's youth Ps 127:4 also ‎בֶּןבֵּֿיתִי‎ one born in my house Gen 15:3 (i.e. slave) so ‎בְּנֵי בַיִת‎ Eccl 2:7.
i. in various combinations: (α) as expression of contumely, ‎בֶּןֿ‎ ‎נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת‎ 1Sam 20:30 ‎בֶּןהַֿמְּרַצֵּחַ הַזֶּה‎ 2Kgs 6:32 this son of a murderer; compare ‎בְּנֵינָֿבָל‎ Job 30:8 ‎בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁם‎ ib.; ‎בְּנֵי עֹנֲַנָה‎ Isa 57:3 (|| ‎זֶרַע מְנָאֵף‎); compare ‎בֶּןאִֿשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת‎ Judg 11:2 (compare vJudg 11:1); (β) as term of respect, dignity, ‎בֶּןחֿוֺרִים‎ son of nobles Eccl 10:17 (in Aramaic = free born); ‎בֶּןחֲֿכָמִים‎ Isa 19:11 ‎בֶּןמַֿלְכֵיקֶֿדֶם‎ ib.; compare ‎בֶּןמֶֿלֶךְ‎ Ps 72:1 (|| ‎מֶלֶךְ‎); ‎בֶּןאֲֿמָתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 86:16 in addressing ‎׳‎‎י‎ (|| ‎עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ‎) & ‎בְּנֵיעֲֿבָדֶיךָ‎ Ps 102:29* of noble appearance ‎בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ Judg 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 Gen 10:21 ‎בְּנֵיחֵֿת‎ Gen 23:3; Gen 23:5; Gen 23:7; Gen 23:10 (twice in verse); Gen 23:11; Gen 23:16; Gen 23:18; Gen 23:20; Gen 25:10; Gen 49:32 (all P); (‎בְּנֵישֵֿׁת‎ Num 24:17 see below 8); ‎בְּנֵיחֲֿמוֺר‎ Gen 33:19; Josh 24:32 ‎בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו‎ Gen 36:5; Gen 36:15; Gen 36:19; Deut 2:4; Deut 2:8; Deut 2:12; Deut 2:22; Deut 2:29 ‎בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר‎ Gen 36:20; Gen 36:21 ‎בֶּןֿ(בני)הִנֹּם‎ Josh 15:8 + (compare below ‎גַּיְא‎); ‎בְּנֵי לוֺט‎ Deut 2:9; Deut 2:19; Ps 83:9* ‎בְּנֵייֿוֺסֵף‎ (literal Gen 46:27; Gen 48:8; 1Chr 5:1) Num 1:32; Num 26:28; Num 26:37; Num 34:23; Num 36:5 (‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה ב‎) + 6 t. Joshua, compare Ps 77:16* even ‎בְּנֵי חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה‎ 1Chr 5:23 ‎בְּנֵי דָוַיד‎ (literal 2Sam 8:18 = 1Chr 18:17; 1Chr 3:1; 1Chr 3:9) 2Chr 13:8; 2Chr 23:3; 2Chr 32:33 ‎בְּנֵי אָסָף‎ 2Chr 29:13; Ezra 2:41; Ezra 3:8 + (see ‎אָסָף‎); ‎בְּנֵי קֹרַח‎ in titles of Psalm 42-49, 84, 85, 87, 88; especially (β) ‎בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן‎ (standing designation of people of Ammon) Gen 19:38 + 81 t. (compare ‎עַמּוֺן‎ & Nö^{ZMG 1886, 171} Dr^{Sm 66}); ‎בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב‎ (literal Gen 34:7; Gen 34:13; Gen 34:25; Gen 34:27; Gen 35:5; Gen 35:22; Gen 35:26; Gen 49:2) 2Kgs 17:34; Ps 105:6; Mal 3:6 compare Ps 77:16* & chiefly (γ) ‎בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ (literal Gen 42:5; Gen 45:21; Gen 46:5; Exod 1:1) Exod 1:7 + 613 t., including Hexateuch 427 (of which 328 P, 49 E, 25 J, 25 D), Judg 61, Samuel Kings Chronicles 73 (23 in reference to ancient history, 10 in opposition to Judah); so also Vrss & variant reading sometimes for ‎׳‎‎בֵּית יִשׂ‎, e.g. Josh 21:43 + see Di, Ezek 3:1 + see Co; also the reverse Ezek 2:3 and elsewhere; note especially ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎עַם בּ‎ Exod 1:9 ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎עַמִּי בּ‎ Exod 3:10; Exod 7:4 ‎עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Exod 16:1; Exod 16:2; Exod 16:9; Exod 16:10; Exod 17:1; Lev 16:5; Lev 19:2; Num 1:2; Num 1:53; Num 8:9; Num 8:20; Num 13:26; Num 15:25; Num 15:26; Num 17:6*; Num 19:9; Num 25:6; Num 26:2; Num 31:12 (all P); ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎דֹּרוֺת ב‎ Judg 3:2 ‎וְכָלהָֿעָם‎ ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎כָּלבֿ‎ Judg 20:26 ‎וּבְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי‎ ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Neh 10:40* also (δ) ‎בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה‎ (literal Gen 46:12; Gen 26:19; 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 2:10; 1Chr 4:1) Num 1:26 + 18 t. Numbers, Joshua, Judg 1:8; Judg 1:9; Judg 1:16 (so read also vJudg 1:21 vJudg 1:21 compare Josh 15:53 & see below ‎בנימן‎) 2Sam 1:18; 1Chr 4:27 + 8 t. Chronicles, Jer 7:30 + 4 t. Jeremiah; Hos 2:2*; Joel 4:6*; Joel 4:8*; Joel 4:19*; Obad 1:12 (not in Kings, of Judah or of any other tribe, except ‎בְּנֵי לֵוִי‎ 1Kgs 12:31) including ‎מַטֵּה בְּנֵי יהוּדָה‎ Josh 15:1; Josh 15:20; Josh 15:21; Josh 21:1; 1Chr 6:50* for usage with other tribes of Israel, see the articles; — but note (ε) ‎בְּנֵי לֵוִי‎ (literal Gen 46:11; Exod 6:16; Num 3:17; 1Chr 5:27*; 1Chr 6:1* compare 1Chr 23:6) Exod 32:28; Num 3:15; Num 16:7; Num 16:8; Num 18:21; Josh 21:10 (as including sons of Aaron etc.); ‎כָּלבְּֿנֵי לֵוִי‎ Exod 32:26 ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎כָּלאַֿחֶיךָ ב‎ Num 16:10 ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎הַכֹּהֲנִים ב‎ Deut 21:5; Deut 31:9 compare 1Kgs 12:31 & Mal 3:8; 1Chr 23:24; 1Chr 23:27; 1Chr 24:20; Ezra 8:15 (distinguished from priests) Neh 12:23; Ezek 40:46 (including ‎בְּנֵי צָדוֺק‎ the priests); also ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎מַחֲנוֺת ב‎ 1Chr 9:18 ‎בְּנֵי הַלֵּוִי‎ 1Chr 12:27*; Neh 10:40* ‎בְּנֵי הַלְּוִיִם‎ 1Chr 15:15; 1Chr 24:30 (compare also ‎לֵוִי‎); (ζ) ‎בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן‎ (literal Exod 28:1; Exod 28:40; 1Chr 5:29*; 1Chr 24:1 often Aaron and his sons literal Exod 27:21; Exod 28:1; Exod 28:4 +) Lev 3:5; Lev 3:8; Lev 3:13; Lev 6:7*; Lev 6:11*; Lev 7:10; Lev 7:83; Josh 21:10; 1Chr 6:35*; 1Chr 6:39*; 1Chr 6:42*; 1Chr 15:4 (+ Levites) 1Chr 24:1; 1Chr 24:31; Neh 12:47 also ‎הַכֹּהֲנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי א‎ Lev 1:5; Lev 1:8; Lev 1:11; Lev 2:2; Lev 3:2; Num 3:8; Num 10:8 & Josh 21:19; 2Chr 31:19 compare 2Chr 26:18; 2Chr 29:21; 2Chr 35:14 (twice in verse); ‎בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן‎ Lev 1:7; Josh 21:4 (as subdivision of Levites) vJosh 21:13 compare Lev 7:34 ‎אֶתכֹּֿהֲנֵי יהוה אֶתבְּֿנֵי אַהֲרֹן‎ ‎וְהַלְּוִּיִּם‎ 2Chr 13:9 compare v2Chr 13:10 once in singular ‎הַכֹּהֵן בֶּןאַֿהֲרֹן‎ Neh 10:39* see also below ‎אַהֲרֹן‎; (η) ‎בְּנֵי צָדוֺק‎ ‎הכהנים הלוים בני צדוק‎; Ezek 48:11 ‎הכהנים הַמְֿקֻדָּשׁ‎ ‎מנגי צדוק‎ (ᵐ5 Sm Co join ‎מ‎ of ‎מבני‎ to preceding word, making plural); (φ) ‎בְּנֵי‎ with names of peoples, lands, and cities, ‎בְּנֵי כֻּשִׁיִּים‎ Amos 9:7 ‎בְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם‎ Ezek 16:26 ‎בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר‎ Ezek 16:28; Ezek 23:7; Ezek 23:9; Ezek 23:12; Ezek 23:23 ‎אֶדֶץ הַבְּרִית‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezek 30:5 (Co strike out ‎ארץ‎); ‎בָּבֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezek 23:15. Ezek 23:17; Ezek 23:28 ‎יְרוּשָׁלַם‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Joel 4:6* ‎צִיּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Joel 2:23; Lam 4:2; Ps 149:2 (compare Zech 9:13). See further (ι) ‎בְּנֵי עַמֶּ֑ךָ‎ Lev 19:18 compare Lev 20:17; Num 22:5; Judg 14:16; Judg 14:17; Ezek 3:11; Ezek 33:2; Ezek 33:12; Ezek 33:17; Ezek 33:30; Ezek 37:18; Dan 12:1 ‎בְּנֵי פָּרִיצֵי עַמְּךָ‎ Dan 11:14 (κ) ‎קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם‎ 2Kgs 23:6; 2Chr 35:5; 2Chr 35:7; 2Chr 35:12 ‎קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָם‎ Jer 26:23 (λ) ‎בְּנֵיקֶֿדֶם‎ Gen 29:1; Judg 7:12; Judg 8:10; 1Kgs 5:10*; Job 1:3; Isa 11:14; Jer 49:28; Ezek 25:4; Ezek 25:10 (μ) ‎בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה‎ Ezra 2:1 = Neh 7:6 (ν) of bulls, ‎בְּנֵי בָשָׁן‎ Deut 32:14 (song) compare Klo^{SK 1872. 254} Di.

2. children (male and female) Gen 3:16; Gen 21:7; Exod 21:5; Exod 22:23* hence ‎בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה הַזְכָּרִים‎ Josh 17:2 male children, ‎בֵּן זָכָר‎ Jer 20:15.

3. youth, young men (plural) Prov 7:7; Song 2:3.

4. the young of animals Lev 22:28 (‎שׁוֺר אוֺ שֶׂה‎) compare Deut 22:6; Deut 22:7; 1Sam 6:7; 1Sam 6:10; Zech 9:9; Job 4:11; Job 28:8; Job 39:4; Job 39:16 — ‎בֶּןבָּֿקָר‎ etc. see below 7 b below

5. of plant-shoots ‎בֵּן פֹּרָת‎ Gen 49:22 (twice in verse); also ‎בֵּן‎ Ps 80:16* ? (|| ‎כַּנָּה‎; see Che^{transl. & critical note})

6. figurative of lifeless things, ‎בְּנֵי רֶשֶׁף‎ sparks Job 5:7 stars ‎עַיִשׁ‎ ‎עַלבָּֿנֶיהָ‎ Job 38:32 arrows ‎בֶּןקָֿ֑שֶׁת‎ Job 41:2* ‎בְּנֵי‎ ‎אַשְׁפָּתוֺ‎ Lam 3:13 compare ‎בֶּןגָּֿרְנִי‎ i.e. corn of my threshing-floor Isa 21:10.

7. a. member of a guild, order or class, ‎בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים‎ i.e. those belonging to the prophetic order 1Kgs 20:35; 2Kgs 2:3; 2Kgs 2:5; 2Kgs 2:7; 2Kgs 2:15; 2Kgs 4:1; 2Kgs 4:38 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 5:22; 2Kgs 6:1; 2Kgs 9:1 (Hoffm RS^{Proph, 85, 388, Ki 15 f.}; Zehnpf^{BAS 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 ‎בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים‎ 1Chr 9:30; Ezra 2:61; Ezra 10:18 ‎בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים‎ Ezra 2:42 compare ‎בְּנֵי הַגְּדוּד‎ 2Chr 25:13 men of the troop, see Palmyrene ‎בנישירתא‎ men of the caravan Vog^{No, 4} and others; also ‎בְּנֵי הַגּוֺלָה‎ = exiles Ezra 4:1; Ezra 6:19; Ezra 6:20; Ezra 8:35; Ezra 10:7; Ezra 10:16 (see ‎גולה‎ below ‎גלה‎): further, in ‎בֶּןנֵֿכָר‎ = foreigner (only P, poetry, & late) Gen 17:12; Gen 17:27; Exod 12:43; Lev 22:25; Ezek 44:9 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎הַֿנּ‎‎׳‎‎ב‎ Isa 56:3 ‎בְּנֵיִנֵֿכָר‎ 2Sam 22:45; 2Sam 22:46 = Ps 18:45*; Ps 18:46*; Neh 9:2; Isa 60:10; Isa 61:5; Isa 62:8; Ezek 44:7; Ps 144:7; Ps 144:11, ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵיהַֿנּ‎ Isa 56:6 also ‎בְּנֵי הַתּוֺשָׁבִּים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם‎ Lev 25:4; Lev 25:5.
b. of animals, ‎בֶּןבָּֿקָר‎ son of (the) herd, i.e. young one of the herd, ‎בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר‎ 1Sam 14:32 compare ‎עֵגֶל בֶּןבָּֿקָר‎ Lev 9:2 (P); then, in general, one of the herd: fit for food Gen 18:7; Gen 18:8 (J), for sacrifice Num 15:8; Num 15:9 (P); ‎׳‎‎בןהַֿב‎ only Lev 12:6 (P); especially ‎פַּר‎ ‎בֶּןבָּֿקָר‎ Exod 29:1; Lev 4:3; Lev 4:14; Lev 16:3; Lev 23:18; Num 7:15 + 16 t. Numbers (all P) + 2Chr 13:9; Ezek 43:19; Ezek 43:23; Ezek 43:25; Ezek 45:18; Ezek 46:6 ‎פָּרִים‎ ‎בְּנֵי בָּקָר‎ Num 28:11; Num 28:19; Num 28:27; Num 29:13; Num 29:17 (P); also ‎בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֺ‎ Gen 49:11 (poem, J; || ‎עִירֹה‎); ‎בְּנֵיצֹֿאן‎ Ps 114:4; Ps 114:6 ‎בֶּןרְֿאֵמִים‎ Ps 29:6 ‎בְָּנֵי הָרַמָּכִים‎ Esth 8:10 ‎בְּנֵי (הַ)יּוֺנָה‎ Lev 1:14 + 7 t. Lev + Num 6:10 compare ‎בֶּןיֿוֺנָה‎ Lev 12:6 (all P); ‎בְּנֵיֿ‎ ‎נָ֑שֶׁר‎ Prov 30:17 ‎בְּנֵי עֹרֵב‎ Ps 147:9.

8. ‎׳‎‎ב‎ as relative noun followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc. especially (α) ‎בֶּןֿ(בני)חַיִל‎ = mighty man 1Sam 14:52; 1Sam 18:17; 2Sam 2:7; 2Sam 13:28; 2Sam 17:10 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 1:52 + 7 t. Chronicles; ‎׳‎‎אֲנָשִׁים בני ח‎ Judg 18:2; 2Kgs 2:16 ‎אֶלֶף אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הֶחָ֑יִל‎ Judg 21:10 (β) ‎בְּנֵי עַוְלָה‎ wicked men 2Sam 3:34; 2Sam 7:10; 1Chr 17:9; Hos 10:9 ‎׳‎‎בֶּןעֿ‎ Ps 89:23* (for ‎בני בליעל‎ see ‎בליעל‎); (γ) ‎בְּנֵי מֶ֑רִי‎ rebels Num 17:25* (compare ‎בַּיִת‎); (δ) ‎בְּנֵי הַתַּעֲרֻבוֺת‎ sons of pledges = hostages 2Kgs 14:14 = 2Chr 25:24 (ε) ‎בְּנֵי מָוֶת‎ i.e. those deserving of death 1Sam 26:16 so ‎בֶּןמֿות‎ 2Sam 12:5 ‎בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה‎ appointed or exposed to death Ps 79:11; Ps 102:21* compare (ζ) ‎בִּן הַכּוֺת‎ one worthy of smiting Deut 25:2 (η) ‎בְּנֵי עֹ֑נִי‎ Prov 31:5 (θ) ‎בְּנֵי חֲלוֺף‎ Prov 31:8 (ι) ‎בְּנֵי שָׁאוֺן‎ Jer 48:45 = tumultuous ones; so also (= ‎שֵׁאת‎) ‎בְּנֵי שֵׁת‎ Num 24:17 compare RV Di and others; (κ) ‎כְּנֵי הַיִּצְהָר‎ Zech 4:14 i.e. anointed ones; (λ) ‎בֶּןמֶֿשֶׁק‎ Gen 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir; (μ) ‎הֵילֵל בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר‎ Isa 14:12 son of dawn; (ν) of animals ‎בְּנֵיִ שָׁ֑הַץ‎ i.e. proud beasts Job 28:8; Job 41:26* (ξ) of Jonah's gourd ‎בִּןלַֿיְלָה‎ Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse); (ο) of a fertile hill ‎קֶרֶן בֶּןשֶֿׁמֶן‎ Isa 5:1.

9. noun relative of age:
a. of men, ‎וַיְהִי נֹחַ בֶּןהֲֿמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה‎ Gen 5:32 compare Gen 7:6 + 71 t. P; Gen 50:26; Josh 14:7. Josh 14:10; Josh 24:29 (all E); Num 32:11 (J), Deut 31:2 also Judg 2:8; 1Sam 4:15; 2Sam 4:4; 2Sam 19:33*; 2Sam 19:36*; 1Chr 2:21; 1Chr 23:3; 1Chr 23:24; 1Chr 23:27; 1Chr 27:3; 2Chr 24:15; 2Chr 25:5; 2Chr 31:16; 2Chr 31:17; Ezra 3:8; Isa 65:20 (twice in verse); Jer 52:1 + 41 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles, of kings of accession; note especially (included in above) the phrase ‎מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה‎ ‎וָמָ֑עְלָה‎ Exod 30:14; Exod 38:26; Num 1:3 + 21 t. Numbers 1-3 + Num 26:2; Num 26:4; Num 32:11; 1Chr 23:24; 1Chr 23:27; 2Chr 25:5; Ezra 3:8 compare Lev 27:7; Num 8:24; Num 26:62; 1Chr 23:3 & without ‎מעלה‎ Num 8:25; Num 18:16 also ‎מִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וְעַד בֶּןשִֿׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה‎ Lev 27:3 compare vLev 27:5 vLev 27:6 ‎מִבֶּן שׁלשׁים שׁנה ומעלה ועד בןחֿמשׁים שׁנה‎ Num 4:3 (twice in verse) + 12 t. Num 4 ‎מבּן שׁלושׁ שׁנים וּלְמַ֫עְלָה‎ 2Chr 31:16 compare v2Chr 31:17 & ‎לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וּלְמָ֑טָּה‎ 1Chr 27:23.
b. of animals, (Hexateuch all P, including H) ‎בֶּןשָֿׁנָה‎ Exod 12:5; Exod 29:38; Lev 9:3; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:19; Num 7:17 + 28 t. Num 7, 28, 29; also Mic 6:6 ‎בֶּןשְֿׁנָתוֺ‎ Lev 12:6; Lev 23:12; Num 6:12; Num 6:14 + 12 t. Num 7 also Ezek 46:13.Note. — ‎בן‎ appears perhaps abbreviated as ‎בּ‎ in a few compound proper names; see ‎בִּדְקַר‎ (= ‎בֶּןדֿקר‎?), ‎בִּלְשָׁן‎, ‎בִּמְהָל‎, ‎בַּעֲלִיס‎, ‎בַּעֲנָה‎, ‎בִּרְשַׁע‎, ‎בִּשְׁלָם‎ (so MV after Schol. Hamâsa^{3 ed. Freytag}; Rö^{de 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 Lag^{BN 75} & see ‎אבינר‎ p. 4, etc., but this is dubious

‎בְּנוֺ‎ 1Chr 24:26; 1Chr 24:27 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.

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