בֶּן
𐤁𐤍
ben-3
son of
from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Bene "sons of, children of, belonging to" (Bemba)H1121
1 Chronicles 6:21 · Word #5
Lexicon H1121
| Lemma | בֵּן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤁𐤍 |
| Transliteration | bên |
| Strong's | H1121 |
| In-context | son of |
Morphology HNcmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H1121-09
builder-son
| Root | בנה (b-n-h) |
| Core Meanings | build, construct, establish, family-builder |
| Semantic Range | Literal son or male child; grandson or descendant; member of a group (e.g., sons of Israel); patronymic (son of X); age indicator (son of X years); extended to animals (young bull, colt), qualities, nations, or roles (e.g., servant-born, mighty one). |
| Conceptual Significance | Emphasizes covenantal continuity through generations, portraying Israel as 'sons of Abraham' in collective identity and inheritance; underscores patriarchal lineage, dynastic responsibility, and messianic expectation (e.g., linking to 'Son of Man'); culturally, reinforces 'house-building' via progeny, tying family, tribe, and nation to divine promises of fruitfulness and legacy. |
| Morphological Notes | HNcmsa: masculine singular absolute noun; HNcmsc: masculine singular construct noun (indicating possession, e.g., 'son of'). No pronominal suffixes or verbal stems present; common noun forms from the surfaces provided. |
| Rendering Rationale | 'Builder-son' preserves the etymological connection to the root בנה (to build), evoking a son as one who builds or extends the family name and house, while reflecting the masculine singular noun forms (cmsa, cmsc) without pronominal suffixes or other modifications. This rendering maintains grammatical gender (masculine) and number (singular) using masculine English terms, distinguishing absolute (cmsa) from construct (cmsc) states implicitly through context-appropriate usage. It avoids generic 'son' to highlight the root's semantic depth in familial and societal building. |
AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)
Words from Root בנה (build, construct, establish, family-builder)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H68-02 |
avanayv | his building-stones |
H68-04 |
avanim | building-stones |
H68-06 |
aveneyhem | their building-stones |
H68-07 |
aveno | his building-stone |
H68-09 |
baaven | with the building-stone |
H1121-01 |
babanim | among **builder-sons** |
H1004-01 |
babatim | in the houses |
H1129-01 |
banah | he built |
H1121-02 |
banay | my builder-sons |
H1121-03 |
banayikhe | your builder-sons |
H1124-01 |
banayin | are building |
H1121-04 |
banayv | his family-builders |
H1129-02 |
banetah | you (ms) built / she built |
H1121-05 |
baneyha | her builder-sons |
H1121-06 |
baneykha | your sons who build |
H1121-07 |
baneynu | our builder-sons |
H1137-01 |
bani | Built-One |
H1121-08 |
banim | builder-sons |
H1129-03 |
banit | you built |
H1129-04 |
banitah | you have built |
H1129-05 |
baniti | I have built |
H1129-06 |
banoh | she built |
H1323-01 |
banot | house-built daughters |
H1129-07 |
banu | we have built |
H1129-08 |
banuy | built-up |
H1323-02 |
bat | daughter |
H1004-03 |
batayv | his builder-houses |
H1004-04 |
batey | houses |
H1004-07 |
bateymo | his houses |
H1004-08 |
bateynu | our builded-houses |
H1004-09 |
batim | build-houses |
H1004-10 |
bayetah | a house-structure |
H1004-11 |
bayit | a built-structure |
H68-11 |
beaveney | in building-stones of |
H1129-09 |
behibanoto | in his being-built |
H1121-10 |
benah | her builder-son |
H1141-01 |
benayah | Yah-has-built |
H1141-02 |
benayahu | Yah Has Built |
H1129-10 |
beneh | Build! |
H1121-11 |
benekha | your son |
H1121-12 |
benekhe | your builder-son |
H1121-13 |
benenu | our son |
H1121-14 |
beney | builder-sons |
H1121-15 |
beneyhem | their builder-sons |
H1121-16 |
beneyhen | their family-builder-sons |
H1121-17 |
beneykhem | your builder-sons |
H1121-18 |
beni | my builder-sons |
H1129-11 |
benitem | you men have built |
H1121-19 |
beno | his son |
H1323-03 |
benot | building-daughters of |
H1323-04 |
benotam | their daughter-builders |
H1323-05 |
benotay | my house-built daughters |
H1323-06 |
benotayikhe | your daughters |
H1323-07 |
benotayv | his daughters (his built-ones) |
H1323-08 |
benoteyha | her daughters |
H1323-09 |
benoteyhem | their daughters |
H1323-10 |
benoteykha | your built-daughters |
H1323-11 |
benoteykhem | your built-daughters |
H1323-12 |
benoteynu | our house-daughters |
H1129-12 |
benu | Build, you men! |
H1129-13 |
benuyim | built ones |
H1121-20 |
bevanayv | among his builder-sons |
H1121-21 |
bevaneykha | among your builder-sons |
H1121-22 |
bevaneynu | with our sons |
H1323-13 |
bevat | in the daughter-of |
H1121-23 |
beven | its builder-son |
H1004-16 |
beveytah | in her house |
H1004-18 |
beveyti | in my house |
H1004-19 |
beveyto | in his house |
H1323-14 |
bevitekhem | in your daughter |
H1004-21 |
beytah | her house |
H1121-25 |
binekha | your son |
H1131-01 |
binuy | Built-Up One |
H1323-15 |
bitah | her house-born daughter |
H1323-16 |
bitekha | your daughter |
H1323-17 |
bitenu | our daughter |
H1323-18 |
biti | my daughter |
H1323-19 |
bito | his built-daughter |
H1121-26 |
biveney | among the builder-sons |
H1121-27 |
biveno | in his builder-son |
H1323-20 |
bivenot | among the daughters of |
H1129-14 |
bivenotayikhe | in your built-places |
H1129-15 |
bivenotekhem | in your building |
H1129-16 |
bonayikhe | your builders |
H1129-17 |
boneh | one who builds |
H1129-18 |
boney | builders of |
H1129-19 |
bonim | builders |
H1138-01 |
buni | Built-One |
H68-13 |
even | a building-stone |
H1129-20 |
eveneh | I will build |
H1129-21 |
evenekhe | I will build you (feminine singular) |
H1121-28 |
habanim | the builder-sons |
H1323-21 |
habanot | the daughters |
H1129-22 |
habanuy | the built (one) |
H1323-22 |
habat | the daughter |
H1004-26 |
habatim | the builded-houses |
H1004-27 |
habayetah | the house-ward |
H1004-28 |
habayit | the built-structure |
H1121-29 |
haben | the builder-son |
H1129-23 |
habenuyah | the built-up (feminine one) |
H1146-01 |
habineyan | the built-structure |
H1129-24 |
haboneh | the builder |
H1129-25 |
habonim | the building ones |
H1121-30 |
haleven | the article-to-his-son |
H1129-26 |
haniveneh | the one being built |
H1121-31 |
havanim | house-builder sons |
H1129-27 |
ibaneh | I will be built up |
H68-17 |
kaaven | like a building-stone |
H68-19 |
keaveney | like building-stones of |
H68-20 |
keeven | like a building-stone |
H1323-23 |
kevat | like a daughter |
H1004-29 |
keveyt | like **its-building** |
H1121-32 |
khiveney | like-sons-of |
H1121-33 |
kiveney | like sons |
H1121-34 |
kiveneyhem | their builder-sons |
H1323-24 |
kivenot | as daughters of |
H68-21 |
laavanim | to the building-stones |
H1004-30 |
labatim | to-the-built-houses |
H1004-31 |
labayit | to the house |
H68-23 |
leaveney | to the building-stones of |
H68-24 |
leeven | to a building-stone |
H1129-28 |
lehibanot | to be built up |
H1121-36 |
lemiben | from a son of |
H1124-02 |
lemivene | for building |
H1121-37 |
levanay | my builder-sons |
H1121-38 |
levanayv | for his sons |
H1121-39 |
levaneykha | to your builder-sons |
H1121-40 |
levaneynu | for our sons |
H1323-25 |
levat | to a daughter |
H1004-32 |
levatim | to houses |
H1121-41 |
leven | to-his-son |
H1004-34 |
leveytah | to her house |
H1004-35 |
leveytekha | to your house |
H1004-36 |
leveytekhe | to your-house (your family-establishment) |
H1004-37 |
leveyti | to my house |
H1004-38 |
leveyto | to his house |
H1121-42 |
levinekha | to your son |
H1323-26 |
levitekha | to your house-born daughter |
H1323-27 |
levito | to his house-daughter |
H1121-43 |
livenekha | to-your-son |
H1121-44 |
liveney | to the sons |
H1121-45 |
liveneyhem | to their builder-sons |
H1121-46 |
liveneyhen | to their sons |
H1121-47 |
liveneykhem | to your builder-sons |
H1121-48 |
liveni | for my son |
H1121-49 |
liveno | to his son |
H1129-29 |
livenot | to build up |
H1323-28 |
livenotayv | to his built-daughters |
H68-25 |
meaveney | from the building-stones of |
H1004-39 |
mehabayit | from the **house** |
H1121-50 |
mibanayv | from his builder-sons |
H1121-51 |
mibaneykha | from your builder-sons |
H1121-52 |
mibanim | from the sons |
H1323-29 |
mibat | from daughter of |
H1004-41 |
mibateykhem | from your house-families |
H1121-53 |
miben | from a son |
H1121-54 |
mibeney | from the family-builders of |
H1121-55 |
mibeneyhem | from their builder-sons |
H1121-56 |
mibeneykhem | from-your-sons |
H1323-30 |
mibenot | from the daughters of |
H1323-31 |
mibenotayv | from his daughter-builders |
H1323-32 |
mibenoteyhem | from their daughters |
H1323-33 |
mibenoteynu | from our daughter-builders |
H1004-45 |
mibeyt | from the house |
H1004-46 |
mibeytekha | from your house |
H1004-47 |
mibeyti | from my house |
H1004-48 |
mibeyto | from his house |
H1121-57 |
mvn | builder-sons |
H1129-30 |
nivenah | he was built |
H1129-31 |
niveneh | we will build |
H1129-32 |
nivenetah | she was built |
H1129-33 |
nivenu | they have been built |
H1121-58 |
shebin | son of |
H8403-01 |
tavenit | building-pattern of |
H1129-34 |
tibaneh | she will be built up |
H1129-35 |
tibaneynah | they (feminine) will be built up |
H1124-03 |
titebene | she will be built up |
H1129-36 |
tiveneh | you will build up |
H1129-37 |
tivenu | you (men) will build |
H1004-49 |
ukheveyt | and-like-his-house |
H68-27 |
uleaveney | and for building-stones of |
H1004-50 |
ulemibeyt | and to the inside of the house |
H1121-59 |
ulevanay | and to/for my builder-sons |
H1121-60 |
ulevanayv | and to his builder-sons |
H1121-61 |
ulevaneykha | and to your builders |
H1121-62 |
ulevaneynu | and to our builder-sons |
H1323-34 |
ulevat | and for a daughter |
H1121-63 |
uleven | and to a son |
H1004-51 |
uleveyt | and-for house-of-his |
H1004-52 |
uleveytekha | and to your house |
H1121-64 |
ulevinekha | and to your son |
H1323-35 |
ulevito | and for his daughter (his built-one) |
H1121-65 |
umibaneykha | and from your builder-sons |
H1323-36 |
umibanot | and from daughters |
H1121-66 |
umiben | and from a son |
H1121-67 |
umibeney | and from the family-builder sons |
H1004-55 |
umibeyt | and from the house |
H68-30 |
uvaeven | and with a building-stone |
H1129-38 |
uvanah | and he built up |
H1121-68 |
uvanay | and-my-builder-sons |
H1121-69 |
uvanayikhe | and your builders |
H1121-70 |
uvanayv | and his builders |
H1121-71 |
uvaneyha | and her builders |
H1121-72 |
uvaneykha | and your builders |
H1121-73 |
uvaneynu | and our **family-name builders** |
H1137-02 |
uvani | and Built-one |
H1121-74 |
uvanim | and builder-sons |
H1129-39 |
uvaninu | and we built |
H1129-40 |
uvanita | and you built |
H1129-41 |
uvaniti | and I built up |
H1323-37 |
uvanot | and daughters |
H1129-42 |
uvanu | and we will build |
H1323-38 |
uvat | and daughter |
H1004-56 |
uvatey | and the **house-fathers** |
H1004-57 |
uvateyhem | and their **house-families** |
H1004-58 |
uvateyhen | and their houses |
H1004-59 |
uvateykhem | and your father-houses |
H1004-60 |
uvateynu | and our houses |
H1004-61 |
uvatim | and build-houses |
H1004-62 |
uvayit | and a house |
H1121-75 |
uven | and its builder-son |
H1121-76 |
uvenay | and-the-builders-of |
H1141-03 |
uvenayah | and Yah-has-built |
H1141-04 |
uvenayahu | and Benaiah ("Yah has built") |
H1121-77 |
uvenekhe | and your son |
H1121-78 |
uveney | and the family-builder sons |
H1121-79 |
uveneyhem | and their sons |
H1121-80 |
uveneyhen | and their builder-sons |
H1121-81 |
uveneykhem | and your builder-sons |
H1121-82 |
uveni | and my builder-son |
H1129-43 |
uvenitiha | and I built her |
H1129-44 |
uvenitim | and I built them |
H1121-83 |
uveno | and his builder-son |
H1123-01 |
uvenohi | and his builder-sons |
H1323-39 |
uvenot | and daughters of |
H1323-40 |
uvenotay | and my built-daughters |
H1323-41 |
uvenotayikhe | and your daughters |
H1323-42 |
uvenotayv | and his house-built daughters |
H1323-43 |
uvenoteyha | and her daughters |
H1323-45 |
uvenoteykha | and your daughters |
H1323-46 |
uvenoteykhem | and your built-daughters |
H1323-47 |
uvenoteynu | and our house-daughters |
H1129-45 |
uvenu | and you men shall build |
H1121-84 |
uvevaneyha | and toward her family-builders |
H1121-85 |
uvevaneykha | and in your builder-sons |
H1004-63 |
uvevatey | and in build-families-of |
H1004-65 |
uvevateykha | and in your houses |
H1004-66 |
uveveyt | and in house |
H1004-67 |
uveveyti | and in my house-building |
H1323-48 |
uvevitah | and with her daughter |
H1004-69 |
uveyt | and house-of |
H1004-70 |
uveytah | and her house |
H1004-71 |
uveytekha | and your built-house |
H1004-73 |
uveytekhem | and-your-house |
H1004-75 |
uveyto | and his house |
H1121-86 |
uvinekha | and your son |
H1131-02 |
uvinuy | And Built-One |
H1323-49 |
uvitah | and her daughter |
H1323-50 |
uvitekha | and your house-built daughter |
H1323-51 |
uvito | and his built-daughter |
H1121-87 |
uvivenah | and toward her builder-son |
H1121-88 |
uviveney | and against the family-builder sons |
H1129-46 |
uvivenot | and in building |
H1323-52 |
uvivenotenu | and with our built-ones—our daughters |
H1323-53 |
uvivenoteyha | and in her daughters |
H1129-47 |
uvoney | and builders of |
H1129-48 |
uvonim | and builders |
H68-32 |
vaavanayikhe | and your (fem. sg.) building-stones |
H1121-89 |
vabanim | among the builder-sons |
H1004-76 |
vabayit | in the **built-structure** |
H1129-49 |
vaeveneh | and I built |
H1129-50 |
vanah | he built |
H1121-90 |
vanay | my builder-sons |
H1121-91 |
vanayikhe | your builder-sons |
H1121-92 |
vanayv | his sons |
H1121-93 |
vaneyha | her sons |
H1121-94 |
vaneykha | your builders |
H1137-03 |
vani | Built-One |
H1121-95 |
vanim | builder-sons |
H1129-51 |
vanita | you built |
H1129-52 |
vaniti | I have built |
H1129-53 |
vaniveneh | and we built |
H1323-54 |
vanot | built-ones (daughters) |
H1129-54 |
vanu | we have built |
H1129-55 |
vanuhu | they built him |
H1323-55 |
vat | daughter |
H1004-77 |
vatayikhe | your houses |
H1004-79 |
vateyhem | their builded-houses |
H1004-81 |
vateynu | our built-houses |
H1004-82 |
vatim | build-houses |
H1129-56 |
vativen | and she built |
H1129-57 |
vativeni | and you (feminine) built |
H1004-83 |
vavayetah | and her inner-house |
H1004-84 |
vayit | the house |
H1129-58 |
vayiven | and he built |
H1129-59 |
vayiveneh | and he built up |
H1129-60 |
vayivenehu | and he built him |
H1129-61 |
vayivenu | and they built up |
H1129-62 |
veeveneh | and let me build |
H1129-63 |
veevenenah | and I will build her |
H68-38 |
vehaavanim | and the building-stones |
H1121-96 |
vehabanim | and the builder-sons |
H1004-85 |
vehabayit | and the **built-house** |
H1121-97 |
vehaben | and the builder-son |
H1129-64 |
vehabonim | and the builders |
H68-39 |
vehaeven | and the building-stone |
H1129-65 |
veibaneh | and I may be built up |
H1004-86 |
velabayit | and to the built-house |
H1129-66 |
velabonim | and to the builders |
H68-40 |
velaeven | and to the building-stone |
H1121-98 |
velivenekhe | and to your builder-son |
H1121-99 |
veliveney | and to the builder-sons |
H1121-100 |
veliveneyhem | and to their builder-sons |
H1121-101 |
veliveni | and for my builder-son |
H1121-102 |
veliveno | and for his builder-son |
H1129-67 |
velivenot | and to build |
H1323-56 |
velivenotay | and to my built-daughters |
H1323-57 |
velivenotayv | and to his house-building daughters |
H1323-58 |
velivenoteyha | and to her built-daughters |
H1323-59 |
velivenoteykha | and to your house-building daughters |
H1121-103 |
ven | builder-son |
H1121-104 |
venekhe | your son |
H1121-105 |
veney | builder-sons |
H1121-106 |
veneyhem | their builder-sons |
H1121-107 |
veneykhem | your builder-sons |
H1121-108 |
veni | my son |
H1129-68 |
venitem | you men have built |
H1129-69 |
veniveneh | and let us build |
H1129-70 |
venivenetah | and she was built up |
H1129-71 |
veniveneyt | and you (feminine singular) will be built up |
H1129-72 |
venivenu | and they were built |
H1121-109 |
veno | his son |
H1323-60 |
venot | daughters of |
H1323-61 |
venotay | my house-daughters |
H1323-62 |
venotayv | his daughters (house-builders) |
H1323-63 |
venoteykha | your daughters |
H1323-64 |
venoteykhem | your daughters |
H1129-73 |
veyiven | and may he build up |
H1129-74 |
veyiveneh | and he will build up |
H1004-87 |
veyt | house |
H1004-88 |
veytah | her house |
H1004-89 |
veytekha | your house |
H1004-90 |
veytekhe | your house |
H1004-91 |
veyti | my house |
H1004-92 |
veyto | his house |
H1121-110 |
vinekha | your builder-son |
H1323-65 |
vitekha | your house-born daughter |
H1323-66 |
viti | my daughter (house-built one) |
H1323-67 |
vito | his daughter |
H1121-111 |
viveney | builder-sons |
H1121-112 |
vn | son |
H1121-113 |
vnv | his son |
H1121-114 |
vny | builder-sons |
H1121-115 |
vnykhy | your builder-sons |
H1129-75 |
vnyt | you have built |
H1129-76 |
vonayv | his builders |
H1129-77 |
voneh | one who is building |
H1129-78 |
vonim | builders |
H1004-93 |
vtyhm | their house-buildings |
H1121-116 |
vvnv | and his builder-son |
H1004-94 |
vvyt | in a house |
H1004-95 |
vyt | the house |
H1129-79 |
yibaneh | he will be built up |
H1124-04 |
yitebene | he will be built |
H1129-80 |
yiveneh | he will build |
H1129-81 |
yivenehu | he will build him |
H1129-82 |
yivenem | he will build them |
H1129-83 |
yivenenu | he will build him |
H1129-84 |
yivenu | they will build |
Word Usage (4942 occurrences of H1121)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 3:16 | בָנִ֑ים | vanim | children |
| Genesis 4:17 | בְּנ֥/וֹ | beno | of his son |
| Genesis 4:25 | בֵּ֔ן | ben | a son |
Niger-Congo Hebrew
בֶּן (bên) — from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Bene | sons of, children of, belonging to | Bemba |