בֵ֖ן
𐤁𐤍
ven
a son
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
Genesis 21:7 · Word #10
Lexicon H1121
| Lemma | בֵּן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤁𐤍 |
| Transliteration | bên |
| Strong's | H1121 |
| In-context | a son |
Morphology HNcmsa
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 | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H1121-103
builder-son
| Root | בנה (b-n-h) |
| Core Meanings | to build, construct, establish, beget |
| Semantic Range | Literal: son, grandson, descendant; figurative: member of a group/nation, quality/condition (e.g., son of might), animal young (e.g., colt, calf), extended to daughter in some contexts. |
| Conceptual Significance | Emphasizes patrilineal continuity and covenantal inheritance in biblical theology, portraying Israel as Yahweh's 'sons' (e.g., sons of Israel) who build His name through obedience; underscores familial and national identity rooted in divine begetting and building. |
| Morphological Notes | HNcmsc/HNcmsa: Noun, common (masculine), singular, construct/absolute state; the construct form (c) links to a following noun, e.g., 'son of X.' |
| Rendering Rationale | 'Builder-son' preserves the root בנה meaning 'to build,' reflecting the etymological sense of a son as one who builds or continues the family name and legacy; it accurately matches the morphology HNcmsc (masculine singular construct noun), indicating a singular masculine form often used in genitive relations like 'son of.' |
AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)
Words from Root בנה (to build, construct, establish, beget)
| 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 |
H1121-09 |
ben | builder-son |
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 |
H1141-05 |
velivenayahu | and to Benayah (Yah-has-built) |
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 |
H1141-06 |
venayahu | Yah Has Built |
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
בֵ֖ן (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 |