ראובן

Hebrew

Etymology

Traditionally derived from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); the literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!".

For other proposals, see Encyclopaedia Biblica, volume 4.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

רְאוּבֵן • (r'uvén) m

1. (biblical) Reuben (first son of Jacob, by his wife Leah). Also Reuven
2. Reuben, Reuven: one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
3. a male given name, Reuben or Reuven

References

• H7205 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• ראובן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he