H1121. ben

בֵּן‎₄₈₇₀ noun masculine son (MI Phoenician בן‎; so Sabean CIS^{iv. No. 2}, compare בני‎ DHM^{Semitic Sprachforsch. 6}; Arabic ; Assyrian bin (u), Lyon^{Sargon 9, 1. 57}; especially in bin-bin, grandson COT^Gloss, compare Dl below; Aramaic בַּר‎, , plural בְּנִין‎, ; compare Palmyrene, especially Vog^{No. 21. 31. 36a} and others; possibly originally connected with בנה‎ build, so Thes, compare Assyrian bânu, begetter (Dl^{Pr 104 &} compare Ba^{ZMG 1887, 638 ff.}); but all traces of this √ lost in Hebrew form; √ perhaps originally bilit. (בֵּן בִּן,‎) ֗֗֗ בַּן‎ see Sta^{§ 183}) — absolute ׳בּ‎ Genesis 4:25 +; ֵבּןֿ‎ Ezekiel 18:10; construct בֵּן‎ Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); בֶּןֿ‎ 5:32 +; בֶּן‎ Esther 2:5; Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefix Genesis 17:17; Numbers 8:25; 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 25:5; 31:16-17, בְּנוֺ‎ Numbers 23:18; 24:3, 15; בְּנִי‎ Genesis 49:11; בִּן‎ Deuteronomy 25:2; בִּןֿ‎ Exodus 33:11 32t. (29 t. in combination בִּןנֿוּן‎ (הושׁע ישׁוע,‎) יהושׁע‎); suffix בְּנִי‎ Genesis 21:10 +; בִּנְךָ‎ Exodus 20:10 +; לִבֱנ֑ךָ‎ Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Kings 11:13; בְּנֵךְ‎ Genesis 30:14 +; בְּנוֺ‎ 4:17 +; בְּנָהּ‎ 21:10 +; plural בָּנִים‎ 3:16 +; construct בְּנֵי‎ 6:2 +; suffix בָּנַי‎ 31:43 +; בָּנֵינוּ‎ Joshua 22:25 +; בְּנֵיכֶם‎ Exodus 3:22 +, etc.; —

1 son, male child, born of a woman Genesis 4:25; 16:11, 15; 17:19 compare 17:16; 18:10, 14; 19:37-38, +?בֶּןבִּֿטְנָהּ‎ Isaiah 49:15; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4f; 5:28; 6:10; 11:11f. + often; "" בַּת (בָּנוֺת)‎ daughter 5:4, 7, 10f. 11:11, 13, 15f; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14; 16:11; 16:14; 1 Samuel 30:3; 30:6; Job 1:2; 42:13 +; of son as desired Genesis 30:2 (compare 15:2; 16:2; 17:17; 18:10f.; 1 Samuel 1:5-11) 2 Kings 4:14, 28; Psalm 127:3 +; rejoiced in Genesis 30:6 +; beloved Exodus 21:5; 2 Samuel 19:1; 19:3; 19:5; 1 Kings 3:26; cared for Deuteronomy 1:31; spared Malachi 3:17; disciplined & trained Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 3:12; 13:24; 19:18; 29:17; owing reverence, obedience, etc. to parents 6:20; 10:1; 13:1; בְּכוֺרְךָ בִּנְךָ‎ thy first-born son Genesis 27:32; הַבְּכֹר הַבֵּן‎ Deuteronomy 21:15 compare 1 Samuel 8:2; הַגָּדֹל בְּנָהּ‎ her elder son Genesis 27:15, 42; הַגָּדֹל בְּנוֺ‎ 27:1; הַקָּטָן בְּנָהּ‎ her younger son 27:15, 42. In particular

a. בֶּןאִֿמּוֺ‎ son of his mother, i.e. own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29, compare 27:29; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; 69:9, & see אֵם‎; אָבִיךָ בְּנֵי‎ sons of thy father = brethren Genesis 49:8 (poetry)

b. דֹדֵיהֶן בְּנֵי‎ = cousins Numbers 36:11.

c. בְּנִי‎ my son, as term of kindliness or endearment, used by Eli to Samuel 1 Samuel 3:6, 16; compare 4:16; 24:17; 26:17, 21, 25, see also Proverbs 1:8, 10; 2:1 +; compare בִּנְךָ‎, used by Benhadad of himself to Elisha 2 Kings 8:9; by Ahaz to Tiglath-pileser 16:7; especially to express intimate and gracious relation with God: ׳י‎ calls Israel בְכֹרִי בְּנִי‎ Exodus 4:22 compare 4:23; Hosea 11:1, see also Psalm 80:16 (but compare Che); אלהיכם ליהוה אַתֶּם בָּנִים‎ Deuteronomy 14:1; עֶלְיוֺן בְּנֵי‎ Psalm 82:6 ("" אלהים‎); אֵלחָֿ֑י בְּנֵי‎ Hosea 2:1; compare further Deuteronomy 32:5 (plural) 32:20 (plural) Isaiah 1:2, 4; 30:1, 9; Jeremiah 3:14, 22; 4:22; 31:20; of future Davidic king 2 Samuel 7:14 = 1 Chronicles 17:13 compare Psalm 2:7; expressly referred to Solomon 1 Chronicles 22:10; 28:6; also of children (offered in fire) Ezekiel 16:21.

d. האלהים בְּנֵי‎ applied to supernatural beings Genesis 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; אלהים בְּנֵי‎ 38:7; אֵלִים בְּנֵי‎ Psalm 29:1 (on which compare Che's note) 89:7.

e. בֶּןאָֿדָם‎ son of man, compare א ׳בְּנֵי‎, see אָדָם‎; אִישׁ בְּנֵי‎ Psalm 4:3 & ("" אדם בני‎) 49:3; 62:10.

f. בֶּןבִּֿנְךָ‎ = thy grandson Exodus 10:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Judges 8:22 compare Jeremiah 27:7; plural Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 4:9; 4:25; Judges 12:14; 2 Kings 17:41; 2Chron 8:40; Job 42:16; Psalm 128:6; Proverbs 13:22; 17:6; Ezekiel 37:25; also בֵּן‎ alone with similar reference Genesis 29:5 (Laban son of Nahor); Laban calls his daughters' children his own sons 31:28, 43; compare 32:1; so of Naomi Ruth 4:17; רְבִעִים בְּנֵי‎ 2 Kings 10:30 sons of the fourth Generation, and, in General, descendants Joshua 22:24-25, 27 +; see also below

i. below

g. constantly, as more precise designation, added to personal name בֶּןיְֿפֻנֶּה כָּלֵב‎ Numbers 14:30; 32:12; 34:19 +; בִּןנֿוּן יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ 11:28; 14:30; 32:12, 28; 34:17 +; בֶּןנְֿבָט יָרָבְעָם‎ 1 Kings 12:2, 15 +, etc.; also without personal name (often with implication of contempt) בֶּןקִֿישׁ‎ 1 Samuel 10:11; בֶּןיִֿשַׁי‎ 20:27, 30, 31; 22:7-8, 9, 13; 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; צְרוּיָה בְּנֵי‎ 16:10; בֶּןרְֿמַלְיָהוּ‎ Isaiah 7:4-5, 9; 8:16; בֶּןטָֽֿבְאַ֑ל‎ 7:6; compare also לֵוִי בְּנֵי‎ Numbers 16:7-8,.

h. designated as בֶּןזְֿקֻנִים‎ i.e. born in old age of father Genesis 37:3; opposed to הַנְּעוּרִים בְּנֵי‎ sons of one's youth Psalm 127:4; also בֶּןבֵּֿיתִי‎ one born in my house Genesis 15:3 (i.e. slave) so בַיִת בְּנֵי‎ Ecclesiastes 2:7.

i. in various combinations: (α) as expression of contumely, הַמַּרְדּוּת נַעֲוַת בֶּןֿ‎ 1 Samuel 20:30; הַזֶּה בֶּןהַֿמְּרַצֵּחַ‎ 2 Kings 6:32 this son of a murderer; compare בְּנֵינָֿבָל‎ Job 30:8; בְלִישֵֿׁם בְּנֵי‎ ib.; עֹנֲַנָה בְּנֵי‎ Isaiah 57:3 ("" מְנָאֵף זֶרַע‎); compare אַחֶרֶת בֶּןאִֿשָּׁה‎ Judges 11:2 (compare 11:1); (β) as term of respect, dignity, בֶּןחֿוֺרִים‎ son of nobles Ecclesiastes 10:17 (in Aramaic = free born); בֶּןחֲֿכָמִים‎ Isaiah 19:11; בֶּןמַֿלְכֵיקֶֿדֶם‎ ib.; compare בֶּןמֶֿלֶךְ‎ Psalm 72:1 ("" מֶלֶךְ‎); בֶּןאֲֿמָתֶ֑ךָ‎ 86:16 in addressing ׳י‎ ("" עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ‎) & בְּנֵיעֲֿבָדֶיךָ‎ Psalm 102:29; of noble appearance הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּנֵי‎ Judges 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 Genesis 10:21; בְּנֵיחֵֿת‎ 23:3, 5, 7, 10 (twice in verse); 23:11, 16, 18, 20; 25:10; 49:32 (all P); (בְּנֵישֵֿׁת‎ Numbers 24:17 see below 8); בְּנֵיחֲֿמוֺר‎ Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32; עֵשָׂו בְּנֵי‎ Genesis 36:5, 15, 19; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; שֵׂעִיר בְּנֵי‎ Genesis 36:20-21, בֶּןֿ(בני)הִנֹּם‎ Joshua 15:8 + (compare below גַּיְא‎); לוֺט בְּנֵי‎ Deuteronomy 2:9, 19; Psalm 83:9; בְּנֵייֿוֺסֵף‎ (literal Genesis 46:27; 48:8; 1 Chronicles 5:1) Numbers 1:32; 26:28, 37; 34:23; 36:5 (ב ׳מַטֵּה ׳י‎) + 6 t. Joshua, compare Psalm 77:16; even מְנַשֶּׁה שֵׁבֶט חֲצִי בְּנֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 5:23; דָוַיד בְּנֵי‎ (literal 2 Samuel 8:18 = 1 Chronicles 18:17; 3:1, 9) 2 Chronicles 13:8; 23:3; 32:33; אָסָף בְּנֵי‎29:13; Ezra 2:41; 3:8 + (see אָסָף‎); קֹרַח בְּנֵי‎ in titles of Psalm 42-49, 84, 85, 87, 88; especially (β) בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן‎ (standing designation of people of Ammon) Genesis 19:38 81t. (compare עַמּוֺן‎ & Nö^{ZMG 1886, 171} Dr^{Sm 66}); יַעֲקֹב בְּנֵי‎ (literal 34:7, 13, 25, 27; 35:5, 22, 26; 49:2) 2 Kings 17:34; Psalm 105:6; Malachi 3:6 compare Psalm 77:16; & chiefly (γ) יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי‎ (literal Genesis 42:5; 45:21; 46:5; Exodus 1:1) 1:7 613t., including Hexateuch 427 (of which 328 P, 49 E, 25 J, 25 D), Judges 61, Samuel Kings Chronicles 73 (23 in reference to ancient history, 10 in opposition to Judah); so also Vrss & variant reading sometimes for יִשׂ ׳בֵּית‎, e.g. Joshua 21:43 + see Di, Ezekiel 3:1 + see Co; also the reverse 2:3 and elsewhere; note especially בּ ׳עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Exodus 1:9; בּ ׳עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 3:10; 7:4; יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי עֲדַת‎ 16:1-2, 9, 10; 17:1; Leviticus 16:5; 19:2; Numbers 1:2, 53; 8:9, 20; 13:26; 15:25-26, 17:6; 19:9; 25:6; 26:2; 31:12 (all P); ב ׳דֹּרוֺת ׳יִשׂ‎ Judges 3:2; ׳כָּלבֿ ׳יִשׂ וְכָלהָֿעָם‎ 20:26; ׳ב ׳יִשׂ הַלֵּוִי וּבְּנֵי‎ Nehemiah 10:40; also (δ) יְהוּדָה בְּנֵי‎ (literal Genesis 46:12; 26:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 10; 4:1) Numbers 1:26 18t. Numbers, Joshua, Judges 1:8-9, 16 (so read also 1:21; 1:21 compare Joshua 15:53 & see below בנימן‎) 2 Samuel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 4:27 8t. Chronicles, Jeremiah 7:30 4t. Jeremiah; Hosea 2:2; Joel 4:6; Joel 4:8; Joel 4:19; Obadiah 12 (not in Kings, of Judah or of any other tribe, except לֵוִי בְּנֵי‎ 1 Kings 12:31) including יהוּדָה בְּנֵי מַטֵּה‎ Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; 21:1; 1 Chronicles 6:50; for usage with other tribes of Israel, see the articles; — but note (ε) לֵוִי בְּנֵי‎ (literal Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 6:1; compare 23:6) Exodus 32:28; Numbers 3:15; 16:7-8, 18:21; Joshua 21:10 (as including sons of Aaron etc.); לֵוִי כָּלבְּֿנֵי‎ Exodus 32:26; ב ׳כָּלאַֿחֶיךָ ׳ל‎ Numbers 16:10; ב ׳הַכֹּהֲנִים ׳ל‎ Deuteronomy 21:5; 31:9 compare 1 Kings 12:31 & Malachi 3:8; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 24:20; Ezra 8:15 (distinguished from priests) Nehemiah 12:23; Ezekiel 40:46 (including צָדוֺק בְּנֵי‎ the priests); also ב ׳מַחֲנוֺת ׳ל‎ 1 Chronicles 9:18; הַלֵּוִי בְּנֵי‎ 12:27; Nehemiah 10:40; הַלְּוִיִם בְּנֵי‎ 15:15; 24:30 (compare also לֵוִי‎); (ζ) אַהֲרֹן בְּנֵי‎ (literal Exodus 28:1, 40; 1 Chronicles 5:29; 1 Chronicles 24:1; often Aaron and his sons literal Exodus 27:21; 28:1, 4 +) Leviticus 3:5, 8, 13; 6:7; 6:11; 7:10; Leviticus 7:83; Joshua 21:10; 1 Chronicles 6:35; 6:39; 6:42; 15:4 (+ Levites) 24:1; 24:31; Nehemiah 12:47; also א ׳בְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים‎ Leviticus 1:5, 8, 11; 2:2; 3:2; Numbers 3:8; 10:8 & Joshua 21:19; 2 Chronicles 31:19; compare 26:18; 29:21; 35:14 (twice in verse); הַכֹּהֵן אַהֲרֹן בְּנֵי‎ Leviticus 1:7; Joshua 21:4 (as subdivision of Levites) 21:13 compare Leviticus 7:34; וְהַלְּוִּיִּם אַהֲרֹן אֶתבְּֿנֵי יהוה אֶתכֹּֿהֲנֵי‎2 Chronicles 13:9 compare 13:10; once in singular בֶּןאַֿהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן‎ Nehemiah 10:39; see also below אַהֲרֹן‎; (η) צָדוֺק בְּנֵי‎ Ezekiel 40:26, 44:15 צדוק בני הלוים הכהנים‎; 48:11 צדוק מנגי הַמְֿקֻדָּשׁ הכהנים‎ (ᵐ5‎ Sm Co join מ‎ of מבני‎ to preceding word, making plural); (φ) בְּנֵי‎ with names of peoples, lands, and cities, כֻּשִׁיִּים בְּנֵי‎ Amos 9:7; מִצְרַיִם בְּנֵי‎ Ezekiel 16:26; אַשּׁוּר בְּנֵי‎ 16:28; 23:7, 9, 12, 23; ׳ב הַבְּרִית אֶדֶץ‎ 30:5 (Co strike out ארץ‎); ׳ב בָּבֶל‎ 23:15. 23:17, 28; ׳ב יְרוּשָׁלַם‎ Joel 4:6; ׳ב צִיּוֺן‎ Joel 2:23; Lamentations 4:2; Psalm 149:2 (compare Zechariah 9:13). See further (ι) עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּנֵי‎ Leviticus 19:18; compare 20:17; Numbers 22:5; Judges 14:16-17, Ezekiel 3:11; 33:2, 12, 17, 30; 37:18; Daniel 12:1 עַמְּךָ מָּרִיצֵי בְּנֵי‎ 11:14; (κ) הָעָם בְּנֵי קֶבֶר‎ 2 Kings 23:6; 2 Chronicles 35:5, 7, 12; הָעָם בְּנֵי קִבְרֵי‎ Jeremiah 26:23; (λ) בְּנֵיקֶֿדֶם‎ Genesis 29:1; Judges 7:12; 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10; (μ) הַמְּדִינָה בְּנֵי‎ Ezra 2:1 = Nehemiah 7:6; (ν) of bulls, בָשָׁן בְּנֵי‎ Deuteronomy 32:14 (song) compare Klo^{SK 1872. 254} Di.

2 children (male and female) Genesis 3:16; 21:7; Exodus 21:5; 22:23; hence הַזְכָּרִים מְנַשֶּׁה בְּנֵי‎ Joshua 17:2 male children, זָכָר בֵּן‎ Jeremiah 20:15.

3 youth, young men (plural) Proverbs 7:7; Song of Solomon 2:3.

4 the young of animals Leviticus 22:28 (שֶׂה אוֺ שׁוֺר‎) compare Deuteronomy 22:6-7, 1 Samuel 6:7, 10; Zechariah 9:9; Job 4:11; 28:8; 39:4, 16; — בֶּןבָּֿקָר‎ etc. see below 7b below

5 of plant-shoots מֹּרָת בֵּן‎ Genesis 49:22 (twice in verse); also בֵּן‎ Psalm 80:16 ? ("" כַּנָּה‎; see Che^{transl. & critical note})

6 figurative of lifeless things, רֶשֶׁף בְּנֵי‎ sparks Job 5:7; stars עַלבָּֿנֶיהָ עַיִשׁ‎ 38:32; arrows בֶּןקָֿ֑שֶׁת‎ 41:2; אַשְׁמָּתוֺ בְּנֵי‎ Lamentations 3:13; compare בֶּןגָּֿרְנִי‎ i.e. corn of my threshing-floor Isaiah 21:10.

7. a. member of a guild, order or class, הַנְּבִיאִים בְּנֵי‎ i.e. those belonging to the prophetic order 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 4:1, 38 (twice in verse); 5:22; 6:1; 9:1 (Hoffm RS^{Proph, 85, 388, Ki 15 f.}; Zehnpf^{BAS i, 355} compare Assyrian mâr šipri (šiprâtum), son of a messenger = messenger, and explains from the son's succeeding to father's calling) & בֶּןנָֿבִיא‎ Amos 7:14; probably also הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 9:30; Ezra 2:61; 10:18; הַשֹּׁעֲרִים בְּנֵי‎ 2:42; compare הַגְּדוּד בְּנֵי‎2 Chronicles 25:13 men of the troop, see Palmyrene בנישירתא‎ men of the caravan Vog^{No, 4} and others; also הַגּוֺלָה בְּנֵי‎ = exiles Ezra 4:1; 6:19-20, 8:35; 10:7, 16 (see גולה‎ below גלה‎): further, in בֶּןנֵֿכָר‎ = foreigner (only P, poetry, & late) Genesis 17:12, 27; Exodus 12:43; Leviticus 22:25; Ezekiel 44:9 (twice in verse); ׳הַֿנּ׳ב‎ Isaiah 56:3; בְּנֵיִנֵֿכָר‎ 2 Samuel 22:45-46, = Psalm 18:45; 18:46; Nehemiah 9:2; Isaiah 60:10; 61:5; 62:8; Ezekiel 44:7; Psalm 144:7; 144:11, ׳בְּנֵיהַֿנּ‎ Isaiah 56:6; also עִמָּכֶם הַגָּרִים הַתּוֺשָׁבִּים בְּנֵי‎ Leviticus 25:4-5,.

b. of animals, בֶּןבָּֿקָר‎ son of (the) herd, i.e. young one of the herd, בָקָר וּבְנֵי בָּקָר‎ 1 Samuel 14:32 compare בֶּןבָּֿקָר עֵגֶל‎ Leviticus 9:2 (P); then, in General, one of the herd: fit for food Genesis 18:7-8, (J), for sacrifice Numbers 15:8-9, (P); ׳בןהַֿב‎ only Leviticus 12:6 (P); especially בֶּןבָּֿקָר מַּר‎ Exodus 29:1; Leviticus 4:3, 14; 16:3; 23:18; Numbers 7:15-16t. Numbers (all P) + 2 Chronicles 13:9; Ezekiel 43:19, 23, 25; 45:18; 46:6; בָּקָר בְּנֵי מָּרִים‎ Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; 29:13, 17 (P); also אֲתֹנוֺ בְּנִי‎ Genesis 49:11 (poem, J; "" עִירֹה‎); בְּנֵיצֹֿאן‎ Psalm 114:4; 114:6; בֶּןרְֿאֵמִים‎ 29:6; הָרַמָּכִים בְָּנֵי‎ Esther 8:10; (הַ)יּוֺנָה בְּנֵי‎ Leviticus 1:14 7t. Lev + Numbers 6:10 compare בֶּןיֿוֺנָה‎ Leviticus 12:6 (all P); נָ֑שֶׁר בְּנֵיֿ‎ Proverbs 30:17; עֹרֵב בְּנֵי‎ Psalm 147:9.

8 ׳ב‎ as relative noun followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc. especially (α) בֶּןֿ(בני)חַיִל‎ = mighty man 1 Samuel 14:52; 18:17; 2 Samuel 2:7; 13:28; 17:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:52 7t. Chronicles; ח בני ׳אֲנָשִׁים‎ Judges 18:2; 2 Kings 2:16; הֶחָ֑יִל מִבְּנֵי אִישׁ אֶלֶף‎ Judges 21:10; (β) עַוְלָה בְּנֵי‎ wicked men 2 Samuel 3:34; 7:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Hosea 10:9; ׳בֶּןעֿ‎ Psalm 89:23 (for בליעל בני‎ see בליעל‎); (γ) מֶ֑רִי בְּנֵי‎ rebels Numbers 17:25 (compare בַּיִת‎); (δ) הַתַּעֲרֻבוֺת בְּנֵי‎ sons of pledges = hostages 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24; (ε) מָוֶת בְּנֵי‎ i.e. those deserving of death 1 Samuel 26:16; so בֶּןמֿות‎ 2 Samuel 12:5; תְמוּתָה בְּנֵי‎ appointed or exposed to death Psalm 79:11; 102:21; compare (ζ) הַכּוֺת בִּן‎ one worthy of smiting Deuteronomy 25:2; (η) עֹ֑נִי בְּנֵי‎ Proverbs 31:5; (θ) חֲלוֺף בְּנֵי‎ 31:8; (ι) שָׁאוֺן בְּנֵי‎ Jeremiah 48:45 = tumultuous ones; so also (= שֵׁאת‎) שֵׁת בְּנֵי‎ Numbers 24:17 compare RV Di and others; (κ) הַיִּצְהָר כְּנֵי‎ Zechariah 4:14 i.e. anointed ones; (λ) בֶּןמֶֿשֶׁק‎ Genesis 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir; (μ) בֶּןשָֿׁ֑חַר הֵילֵל‎ Isaiah 14:12 son of dawn; (ν) of animals שָׁ֑הַץ בְּנֵיִ‎ i.e. proud beasts Job 28:8; 41:26; (ξ) of Jonah's gourd בִּןלַֿיְלָה‎ Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse); (ο) of a fertile hill בֶּןשֶֿׁמֶן קֶרֶן‎ Isaiah 5:1.

9 noun relative of age:

a. of men, שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת בֶּןהֲֿמֵשׁ נֹחַ וַיְהִי‎ Genesis 5:32; compare 7:6 71t. P; 50:26; Joshua 14:7. 14:10; 24:29 (all E); Numbers 32:11 (J), Deuteronomy 31:2; also Judges 2:8; 1 Samuel 4:15; 2 Samuel 4:4; 19:33; 19:36; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 23:3, 24, 27; 27:3; 2 Chronicles 24:15; 25:5; 31:16-17, Ezra 3:8; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:1; 41t. Samuel Kings Chronicles, of kings of accession; note especially (included in above) the phrase וָמָ֑עְלָה שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרִים מִבֶּן‎ Exodus 30:14; 38:26; Numbers 1:3 21t. Numbers 1-3 + 26:2, 4; 32:11; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Ezra 3:8; compare Leviticus 27:7; Numbers 8:24; 26:62; 1 Chronicles 23:3 & without מעלה‎ Numbers 8:25; 18:16; also שָׁנָה בֶּןשִֿׁשִּׁים וְעַד שׁנה עשׂרים מִבֶּן‎ Leviticus 27:3 compare 27:5; 27:6; שׁנה בןחֿמשׁים ועד ומעלה שׁנה שׁלשׁים מִבֶּן‎ Numbers 4:3 (twice in verse) + 12 t. Numbers 4; וּלְמַ֫עְלָה שׁנים שׁלושׁ מבּן‎2 Chronicles 31:16 compare 31:17; & וּלְמָ֑טָּה שׁנה עשׂרים לְמִבֶּן‎ 1 Chronicles 27:23.

b. of animals, (Hexateuch all P, including H) בֶּןשָֿׁנָה‎ Exodus 12:5; 29:38; Leviticus 9:3; 23:18-19, Numbers 7:17 28t. Numbers 7, 28, 29; also Micah 6:6; בֶּןשְֿׁנָתוֺ‎ Leviticus 12:6; 23:12; Numbers 6:12, 14 12t. Numbers 7; also Ezekiel 46:13.Note. — בן‎ appears perhaps abbreviated as בּ‎ in a few compound proper names; see בִּדְקַר‎ (= בֶּןדֿקר‎?), בִּשְׁלָם בִּרְשַׁע, בַּעֲנָה, בַּעֲלִיס, בִּמְהָל, בִּלְשָׁן,‎ (so MV after Schol. Hamâsa^{3ed. Freytag}; Rö^{de libr, hist, interpr, Arab, 20, 21}; but this is very uncertain, compare Ol^{§ 227 b, p. 613}). — On Lag's explanation of אבי‎ in some proper names as for אבן‎ = בן‎ compare Lag^{BN 75} & see אבינר‎ p. 4, etc., but this is dubious

בְּנוֺ‎ 1 Chronicles 24:26-27, as proper name, masculine in AV RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, compare VB & Be Öttli.