בן

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בן^¹

/beːn/
/ben/
[beːn]
/ben/ Modern Israeli

Rhymes with -en, -ɔn

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *bin-. The unchanged form can still be found as a construct in certain proper nouns like יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן (“Joshua son of Nun”) or בִּנְיָמִין (“Benjamin”).

noun בֵּן · bén · בָּנִים · בֶּן־ · בְּנֵי־ · בַּת

son
idiomatic A direct male descendant. בן אדם
A guy, a boy.
construct, idiomatic Possessor of (knowledge, ability, etc.) בן דעת
construct Used in expressing the age of a man, a boy, or the referent of a masculine noun: age, aged. הוא בן שש.

proper noun בֵּן · bén

a male given name, Ben

בן^²

verb בָּן · bán · לָבִין · בִּינָה · בַּנְתִּי · בַּנּוּ

archaic, construction pa'al, rare to understand. אֲמָרַי הַאֲזִינָה יהוה בִּינָה הֲגִיגִי

בן^³

preposition בָּן · ban

archaic, poetic Form of בְּ־ (b'-) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object.

In English

of indicative of age
boy male child
child son or daughter; someone's child
son a male person in relation to his parents
ben son of
old having existed or lived for the specified time

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

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