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title: רְאוּבֵן — Reuben · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְאוּבֵן (7205), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 72 times: Reuben. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Reuben. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְאוּבֵן

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«רְאוּבֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Reuben** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 72 times · **Key:** 7205 · **BDB:** רְאוּבֵן

### Glosses

of.Reuben (50); Reuben (19); the.son.of.Reuben (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Reuben [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7205/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Reuben [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7205/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Reuben, Ρουβην\[ιν\] (behold a son! but Gn 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי(!); JosAnt. i, 19, 7 al. Ρουβηλος, 𝔖 ܪܘܽܒܝܺܠ, ר׳ then perhaps = Arabic رِيبَالٌ lion, cf. Di);— eldest son of Jacob and Leah Gn 29:32; 30:14 + 11 times Gn, Ex 1:2; 1 Ch 2:1; as head of family or clan Ex 6:14(×2); Nu 1:20; 26:5 (all P), 1 Ch 5:1, 3, cf. בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־רְא׳ Dt 11:6. as name of clan or tribe Ju 5:15, 16; Dt 27:13; Jos 18:7 (+ גָּד; both D), Dt 33:6 (poem), Ez 48:6, 7, 31; Nu 1:5 (P); so מַטֵה ר׳ Nu 1:21; 13:4; Jos 20:8; 21:7 (all P), 1 Ch 6:48, 63, מַחֲנֵה ר׳ Nu 2:10, 16; 10:18 (all P); בְּנֵי ר׳, as tribe, Nu 16:1b; 32:37 (both JE), 2:10; 7:20; 26:5; Jos 13:23(×2) (all P), also (+ Gad and often Manasseh) Nu 32:1, 2, 6, 25 (JE), Jos 4:12 (D), Nu 32:29, 31, 33; Jos 22:9 + 11 times 22 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 5:18; בֶן־ר׳ as tribe Jos 15:6; 18:7 (both P), מַטֵּה בְּנֵי־ר׳ 13:15 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 43 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְאוּבֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7205/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.2/)

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רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah

*JPS 1917:* Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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[Genesis 46:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.9/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י רְאוּבֵ֑ן חֲנ֥וֹךְ וּפַלּ֖וּא וְחֶצְר֥וֹן וְכַרְמִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Reuben Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

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