אבן

Arabic

Noun

אבן • (transliteration needed) m (plural אבנא (ʾabnāʾ) or בנון (banūna))

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of اِبْن (ibn, “son”)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Exodus 1:1:

     הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃

     hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-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:

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ב־ן (ʾ-b-n)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾabn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʾabun-.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔabn/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛ.vɛn/, [ˈʔɛː.vɛn]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.van/, [ˈʔæː.væn]
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔe.ben/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ben/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɛ.vɛn/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ven/

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Noun

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

1. stone (a small piece of stone, a pebble)
2. gem
3. (Biblical Hebrew) motionless body, paralyzed (see 1 Samuel 25:37)

Declension

Declension of אֶבֶן

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אֶבֶן	first	אַבְנִי		אַבְנֵנוּ
	definite	הָאֶבֶן	second	אַבְנְךָ	אַבְנֵךְ	אַבְנְכֶם	אַבְנְכֶן
	construct	אֶבֶן־	third	אַבְנוֹ	אַבְנָהּ	אַבְנָם	אַבְנָן
plural	indefinite	אֲבָנִים	first	אבניי / אֲבָנַי		אֲבָנֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֲבָנִים	second	אֲבָנֶיךָ	אבנייך / אֲבָנַיִךְ	אַבְנֵיכֶם	אַבְנֵיכֶן
	construct	אַבְנֵי־	third	אֲבָנָיו	אֲבָנֶיהָ	אַבְנֵיהֶם	אַבְנֵיהֶן

Synonyms

• (gem): אֶבֶן יְקָרָה (éven y'kará)

Derived terms

• אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים ('éven hekhakhamím)
• אֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה (éven haroshá)
• אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת (éven mashkhézet)
• אַבְנָן (avnán)

References

• H68 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn).

Noun

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

1. (used in names) ibn