As some of us can't talk about faith without geting verbally violent
perhaps we can get a good PEACEFUL discussion going on the meaning of
some of the Hebrew and Greek words we have been seeing.

I have recently wondered what the word son is in the Hebrew.

I think it may be Ben.

I would agree, even though I know Ben to be the arabic word for son.

You are right but two questons.

It is the same in both the Hebrew and the Arabic. Ever wonder why?

does any one here know what the root of the word is.

1. son, grandson, child, member of a group
1. son, male child
2. grandson
3. children (pl. - male and female)
4. youth, young men (pl.)
5. young (of animals)
6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un-
righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
7. people (of a nation) (pl.)
8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
9. a member of a guild, order, class

Home > Lexicons > Hebrew Lexicon > Ben

The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 1121 ab
Original Word Word Origin
ab from (01129)
Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling
Ben bane
Parts of Speech TWOT
Noun Masculine 254

I hope it makes more sense to you than it makes to me.

It's just the way I copied it.

I am an expert in Ancient Greek where there is no translation for the
English name BEN which can mean "son" in Hebrew or else it can either be
a short form of the Hebrew BENJAMIN ( meaning "son of the south" or
"son of the right hand") or BENEDICT (from the Late Latin name
Benedictus which meant "blessed").
Kat

http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=01121


This is a search site for hebrew words and their origin.

The orginal root of the word comes from the symbols used to write it in
ancient times.

Both ancient Hebrew and ancient Arabic spring from what is known as
Proto-Semetic languages.

This page can not display the symbols but the word Ben when translated
to english as Son has two roots.

'Be' which in the proto-semetic symbols means 'house' and is associated
with family and 'Nun' or 'N' which in the proto-semetic symbology means
'continued'.

Therefore the word we see as son has been translated from a word meaning
'house continues' and could mean either son or daughter although it is
commonly thought to mean son as the lineage in the bible is most often
described with male names. Commonly thought... Means they really don't
know but this is their best guess because not a single person alive
today knows how to pronounce these words nor if their assumptions about
them are correct. The only evidence is on clay tablets with no
reference points gaind by first hand knowledge. Rather it is all
reference points gaind by digging up old scraps and piecing them
together to form an idea of a civilization that existed to us only by
word of mouth.

Translation from arabic into Hebrew in Israel, Ben-Ezer?

As far as I understand it, ben is only used for the male line, meaning
son of, while bat is the meaning for daughter of.

That I don't know I have not dug that far yet.

I do know that although Ben as (son) is currently the accepted
translation. Ben as (house continued) is the actual meaning of the
word.

here is a interesting note if you will. did you know that some Jews
believed barabbas to be the messiah. He was a murder of roman soliers
and this is what the jews believed he would do.. Free them and set up
his kingdom. meaning of his name ..son of the father... miles

It is good to see some Christians using lexicons and concordances. Its
so uncommon, or at least so it seems. Keep up the good work. My
favorite word study personally is Pistus(Greek).