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The Hebrew word Ben (בן ), meaning "son" or "boy", forms part of many surnames in Hebrew. In the English Bible, such names include: Ben-ammi, "son of my people" Benaiah, "son of Yah(God)" Bene-berak, "sons of lightning" Ben-hadad, "son of Hadad" Ben-hail, "son of valor" Ben-Ishado, "son of Ishado" Benjamin, "son of the right hand" or "son ...
The term "ben adam" is but a formal substitute for the personal pronoun or maybe a title given to the prophet Ezekiel, probably to remind him of his human weakness. [2] "Son of man" in Job 25 and Psalm 146 is ben adam (Hebrew: בן־אדם), and "son of man" in Psalms 144 is ben enosh (Hebrew: בן־אנוש).
Although Ashkenazi Jews now use European or modern-Hebrew surnames for everyday life, the Hebrew patronymic form (ben or bas/bat with the father's name) is still used in Jewish religious and cultural life. It is used in the synagogue and in documents in Jewish law, such as the ketubah (marriage contract).
The chosen Hebrew name can be related to the child's secular given name, but it does not have to be. The name is typically Biblical or based in Modern Hebrew. For those who convert to Judaism and thus lack parents with Hebrew names, their parents are given as Abraham and Sarah, the first Jewish people of the Hebrew Bible. Those adopted by ...
Ben Bag-Bag (Hebrew: בן בג בג, literally, son of Bag-Bag) was a rabbinic sage and disciple of Hillel the Elder during the late Zugot or early Tannaitic period.Aside from a single maxim quoted at the end of Mishna Avot (Pirkei Avot chapter 5) he is not mentioned in the Mishnaic corpus (Though he is mentioned several times in the Talmud, for example Pesahim 96a).
Bar (בַּר ) is a Jewish Babylonian Aramaic word meaning 'son' (בֵּן , ben in Hebrew), while bat (בַּת ), in Hebrew, means 'daughter'. Mitzvah ( מִצְוָה ) is Hebrew for 'commandment' or 'law'.
Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as Ben (dialectal Arabic) or bin (بن), Ibn/ebn (ابن). Ben (賁/便嗯 ) is a Chinese surname.
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel (Hebrew: בן עמי בן-ישראל; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an American spiritual leader.Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, which claims that African Americans originate from the Land of Israel. [1]