Ben (Hebrew)

The Hebrew word Ben (בן), meaning "son" or "boy" and also "son of", forms part of many surnames in Hebrew also found in Arabic as bin/ben or ibn/ebn (‏بن‎ or ‏ابن‎).

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 of the south"
• Ben-oni, "son of my sorrow"
• Ben-Zion, "son of Zion"

See also

• Bar (Aramaic)