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RuakhTALK 12:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

ן׳

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You wrote that there's no such thing as ן׳. Can you support that claim? Or did you mean to request verification? I've certainly seen the term in use.—msh210 00:40, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

yes I meant RFV. can you give an example were it's used? The word "אבן" doesn't mean "son of" and words in Hebrew are abbreviated by the first letter, not the last. Daniel B 08:28, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
For the record, this will easily pass RFV. If nothing else, Google Book Search pulls up hundreds of hits for "אברהם ן׳ עזרא" alone.
Re: The word "אבן" doesn't mean "son of": As I'm sure you're aware, a single spelling is often used for many Hebrew words. The fact that it's pronounced éven and means "stone" doesn't mean that it isn't also pronounced íbn and mean "son of".
RuakhTALK 11:20, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
what is íbn? Daniel B 15:40, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
It's a loanword from Arabic (ابن (ibn)), cognate with native Hebrew (deprecated template usage) בֶּן־ (ben-), and widely used among Medieval Sferadim to form quasi-patronymics; for example, Abraham ibn Ezra, if he'd been born in a different time and place, could have been Abraham ben Ezra or Abraham Bar-Ezra. —RuakhTALK 15:47, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Based on Ruakh's cites (thanks, Ruakh), do you mind, דניאל, if I remove the {{rfd}} tag from the entry?—msh210 15:59, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
don't mind. Daniel B 16:13, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Done.—msh210 16:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
this needs to be added to אבן. Daniel B 16:15, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Done (though the inflection line may need tweaking).—msh210 16:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply