Lexical Definition

‎רְאוּבֵנִי‎ Rᵉʼûwbênîy (reh-oob-ay-nee') Reubenite ^N:N--PG
patronymic from ‎רְאוּבֵן‎

children of Reuben, Reubenites.

• § Reubenite = see Reuben "behold a son"
• a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben

1) a descendant of Reuben the son of Jacob

Extended Information

group of: רְאוּבֵן

• Someone from the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Leah (לֵאָה)
• brother of: Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) and Dinah (דִּינָה)
• half-brother of: Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין)
• father of: Hanoch (חֲנוֹךְ), Pallu (פַּלּוּא), Hezron (חֶצְרוֹן) and Carmi (כַּרְמִי)
• Group of re.u.ven (‎ר‎ְ‎או‎ּ‎ב‎ֵ‎ן‎ "Reuben" רְאוּבֵן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רְאוּבֵנִי‎ adjective, of a people of foregoing; of individual 1Chr 11:42 a; with article as substantive collective ‎הָ˜ראוּבֵנִי‎ Num 26:7; Num 34:14 (both P), Josh 13:8 (D; +‎הַגָּדִי‎), 2Kgs 10:33 ( +id. +‎הַמְנַשִּׁי‎), 1Chr 12:38* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:37* +‎הַגָּדִי‎ +‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה‎), 1Chr 26:32 (id.); ‎לָ˜ראוּבֵנִי‎ 1Chr 5:6; 1Chr 27:16, +‎וְלַגָּדִי‎ (+ sometimes ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ‎) Deut 3:12; Deut 3:16; Deut 29:7*; Josh 1:12; Josh 12:6; Josh 22:1 (all D), 1Chr 5:26, compare Deut 4:43. ‎ראות‎, ‎רְאִי‎, ‎רֳאִי‎, ‎רְאָיָה‎, ‎רְאִית‎ see ‎ראה‎. ‎רְאֵים‎ see ‎רְאֵם‎ ‎ראישׁון‎ see ‎רִאשׁוֺן‎. p. 911, below

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