בֵּן
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Possible Meanings
1. Biological son
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2. Grandson or descendant1
- Bereshit 29:5 – "וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַיְדַעְתֶּם אֶת לָבָן בֶּן נָחוֹר וַיֹּאמְרוּ יָדָעְנוּ" – Yaakov asks the people of Charan if they knew Lavan ben Nachor, even though Lavan is the son of Betuel and only the grandson of Nachor.
- Shemuel II 19:25 – "וּמְפִבֹשֶׁת בֶּן שָׁאוּל יָרַד לִקְרַאת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא עָשָׂה רַגְלָיו וְלֹא עָשָׂה שְׂפָמוֹ וְאֶת בְּגָדָיו לֹא כִבֵּס לְמִן הַיּוֹם לֶכֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ עַד הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר בָּא בְשָׁלוֹם" – The verse says that Mephiboshet is the son of Shaul when he is the son of Yehonatan the son of Shaul.2
- Bereshit 31:43 – "וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָדוּ"
- Rut 4:17 – the neighbors said that Naomi had a child, when really it was her daughter-in-law, Rut, who had the child.
- Daniel 5:22 – "(ואנתה) [וְאַנְתְּ] בְּרֵהּ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר לָא הַשְׁפֵּלְתְּ לִבְבָךְ כָּל קֳבֵל דִּי כָל דְּנָה יְדַעְתָּ" – see above.
- Similarly, "אַב" sometimes mean grandfather.
- See also נכד and נין. While Modern Hebrew defines the former as a grandson and the latter as a great-grandson, their Biblical meaning is unclear.3
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