וּ/בְנֵ֣י
𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉
bên
and-sons-of
Male offspring; in a broad sense, a descendant, member, or affiliate of a family, group, or category. Used both literally for a biological son and metaphorically for descendant, member of a profession, class, or people; also signifies youth or young man in certain contexts. The semantic range extends to designate an individual with a particular relationship of belonging, association, or derivation within a lineage, tribe, nation, or collective.
mwana "child" (Umbundu) · muana "child" (Chokwe) · mwana "child" (Chichewa) +28 moreEzra 6:9 · Word #3
Lexicon H1123
| Lemma | בֵּן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤁𐤍 |
| Transliteration | bên |
| Strong's | H1123 |
| Definition | Male offspring; in a broad sense, a descendant, member, or affiliate of a family, group, or category. Used both literally for a biological son and metaphorically for descendant, member of a profession, class, or people; also signifies youth or young man in certain contexts. The semantic range extends to designate an individual with a particular relationship of belonging, association, or derivation within a lineage, tribe, nation, or collective. |
Morphology AC/Ncmpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and-sons-of |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1123-03
and sons of
| Morphological Notes | Conjunction וּ + noun masculine plural construct (בְנֵי) from בן; no pronominal suffix; construct state requires a following genitive. |
| Rendering Rationale | The form is the masculine plural construct of בן with prefixed conjunction וּ, yielding "and sons of." The rendering preserves the plural masculine construct relationship while reflecting the root idea of sons as those who are "built" into a family line. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and sons of
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | 'And sons of' is accurate as a construct, appropriate for the animal types following in the enumeration. |
Bantu Hebrew
וּ/בְנֵ֣י (bên) — Male offspring; in a broad sense, a descendant, member, or affiliate of a family, group, or category. Used both literally for a biological son and metaphorically for descendant, member of a profession, class, or people; also signifies youth or young man in certain contexts. The semantic range extends to designate an individual with a particular relationship of belonging, association, or derivation within a lineage, tribe, nation, or collective.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| mwana | child | Umbundu |
| muana | child | Chokwe |
| mwana | child | Chichewa |
| mwana | child | Venda |
| ngwana | child | Sesotho |
| ngwana | child | Setswana |
| omwana | child, young person | Luganda |
| mwana | child, son or daughter | Kikuyu |
| omwana | child | Herero |
| mwana | child, son, daughter | Luvale |
| mwana | child | Lunda |
| mwana | child, offspring | Lingala |
| mwana | child, offspring | Kikongo |
| mwana | child, offspring | Kimbundu |
| omwana | child | Umbundu |
| mwana | child, son, daughter | Chokwe |
| mwana | child, offspring | Tonga (Zambia) |
| ngwana | child | Sotho (Sesotho) |
| ngwana | child | Tswana |
| mwana | child, son, daughter | Lozi |
| umwana | child, son, daughter | Bemba |
| umntwana | child, son, daughter | Ndebele |
| umntwana | child | Xhosa |
| umntwana | child, offspring | Zulu |
| mwana | child, son, daughter, offspring | Shona |
| mwana | child, son, offspring | Chichewa (Nyanja) |
| mwana | child | Kikuyu (Gikuyu) |
| umwana | child | Kirundi |
| umwana | child | Kinyarwanda |
| mtoto, mwana | child, son, offspring, pupil | Swahili |
| mwana | child, son, offspring (not specifically male, but frequently applied so) | Luganda (Ganda) |