Lexical Definition

‎בֵּן‎ bên (bane) son ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎בֵּן‎

child, son, young.

• {a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense}

1) son, child

See Greek: Βοανεργές

Extended Information

Aramaic of: בֵּן

• Aramaic of ben (‎ב‎ֵּ‎ן‎ ": child" בֵּן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎בַּר‎ noun masculine son (ᵑ7 id.; Syriac , Mandean ‎ברא‎ Nö^{M § 148}, Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎בר‎ (and ‎בן‎) Lzb^{242 f.}; Sabean ‎בר‎ according to Mordtm^{VOJ x. 154 f.}; = ‎בֵּן‎, = becoming ‎ר‎, Philippi^{ZMG xxxii (1878), 36 ff.} Brock^{Syr. Gr. § 76} and others; √ different from ‎בן‎ according to JHMich Thes K^{§ 63} and others; Biblical Hebrew ‎בַּר‎ Aramaism for ‎בֵּן‎); — construct ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Dan 3:25 +; suffix ‎בְּרֵהּ‎ Dan 5:22 plural construct ‎בְּנֵי‎ Ezra 6:9 +; suffix ‎בְּנ֫וֺהִי‎ Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23, ‎בְּנֵיהוֺן‎ Dan 6:25* —

1. son(s) Ezra 5:1; Ezra 5:2 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:14; Dan 5:22; Dan 6:25*; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23 ‎בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Ezra 6:16 = Israelites, ‎בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא‎ = captives vEzra 6:16; Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13; Dan 6:14* ‎בַּראֱֿנָשׁ‎ Dan 7:13 i.e. one of human kind, ‎בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא‎ men Dan 2:38; Dan 5:21 ‎בַּראֱֿלָהִין‎ Dan 3:25 a divine (or angelic) being (see Dr, and compare Biblical Hebrew Gen 6:2; Job 1:6); ‎׳‎‎בַּר שְׁנִין וגו‎ Job 6:1 a son of 62 years = 62 years old (Biblical Hebrew ‎בֵּן‎ 9).

2. of bullocks, ‎בְּנֵי תוֺרִין‎ Ezra 6:9.

II. ‎בַּר‎ see ‎ברר‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
Genesis	6:2
Ezra	5:1 · 5:2 · 6:9 · 6:10 · 6:14 · 6:16 · 7:23
Job	1:6 · 6:1
Daniel	2:25 · 2:38 · 3:25 · 5:13 · 5:21 · 5:22 · 6:14* · 6:25* · 7:13