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title: בֵּן — Ben · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּן (1122), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ben. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּן

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«בֵּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ben** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1122 · **BDB:** בֵּן²

### Glosses

Ben (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ben [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1122/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1122/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Levite 1 Ch 15:18, but del. 𝔊 Be Öt cf. v 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1122/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 15:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.18/)

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וְעִמָּהֶ֖ם אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם הַמִּשְׁנִ֑ים זְכַרְיָ֡הוּ בֵּ֡ן וְיַֽעֲזִיאֵ֡ל וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת וִיחִיאֵ֣ל ׀ וְעֻנִּ֡י אֱלִיאָ֡ב וּבְנָיָ֡הוּ וּמַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֡הוּ וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ֩ וֶאֱלִ֨יפְלֵ֜הוּ וּמִקְנֵיָ֨הוּ וְעֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and with them relatives their the.second in.rank Zechariah Ben and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-Edom Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers

*JPS 1917:* and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphalehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

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