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אבן

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אבן¹

  • /ʔabn/
  • /ˈʔɛ.vɛn/
  • [ˈʔɛː.vɛn]
  • /ˈʔa.van/
  • [ˈʔæː.væn]
  • /ˈʔe.ben/
  • /ˈ(ʔ)e.ben/
  • /ˈ(ʔ)ɛ.vɛn/
  • /ˈ(ʔ)e.ven/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔabun-.

Sense 4 (in board games) is a semantic loan from German Stein.

noun אֶבֶן · éven · אֲבָנִים · אֶבֶן־ · אַבְנֵי־

  1. countable stone (a piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble)
  2. gem

    Similar: אֶבֶן יְקָרָה

  3. Biblical motionless body, paralyzed (see 1 Samuel 25:37)
  4. Modern Israeli token, tile, piece.

אבן²

Where it comes from

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

noun אִבְּן · ibn · אִבְּן־

  1. construct, no plural, singular, singular only, used in names ibn

In English

  • piece chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games
  • stone substance
  • rock natural mineral aggregate
  • fossilize to make into fossil

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"אבן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

אבן. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F

Chicago

"אבן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אבן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}