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אבן

אבן

Hebrew

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeven/

Noun

אֶבֶן (éven) f (plural indefinite אֲבָנִים, plural construct אַבְנֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. stone, small rock
  2. gem
  3. (Biblical Hebrew) motionless body, paralyzed (see 1 Samuel 25:37)
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Etymology 2

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Noun

אבן (ibn) m (no plural forms, singular construct אבן־) (singular only, construct only)

  1. (used in names) ibn

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Noun

אבן (ibnun) m (plural אבנא (ʾabnāʾun) or בנון (banūna))

  1. son
    • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃
      hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla ad-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.
      These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered: