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. (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 v[Gen 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 5:4]f; [Gen 5:28]; [Gen 6:10]; [Gen 11:11]f. + often; || (בָּנוֺת) בַּת daughter [Gen 5:4]; [Gen 5:7]; [Gen 5:10]f. [Gen 11:11]; [Gen 11:13]; [Gen 11:15]f; [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 18:10]f.; [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 v[Exod 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) v[Deut 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 v[Judg 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 & NöZMG 1886, 171 DrSm 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 v[Judg 1:21] v[Judg 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) v[Josh 21:13] compare [Lev 7:34] אֶתכֹּֿהֲנֵי יהוה אֶתבְּֿנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְהַלְּוִּיִּם [2Chr 13:9] compare v[2Chr 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 KloSK 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];
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