בֵּן
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. son
2. A direct male descendant. (no longer productive)
3. A guy, a boy.
4. Possessor of (knowledge, ability, etc.) (no longer productive, construct state)
5. Used in expressing the age of a man, a boy, or the referent of a masculine noun: age, aged. (construct state)
Pronunciation
bén
Examples962
בֵּן תּוֹרָה
someone devoted to the Torah
בֵּן דַּעַת
someone legally competent
בֵּן יִשְׂרָאֵל
an Israelite
הוּא בֵּן שֵׁשׁ.
He is six years old.
בית קברות בֵּן 4,000 שָׁנָה שׁוֹפֵךְ אוֹר עַל י־ם בתְּקוּפַת הַבְּרוֹנְזָה
4,000-year-old cemetery sheds light on Bronze-Age Jerusalem
וְנֹחַ בֵּן־שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָה וְהַמַּבּוּל הָיָה מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃
Noah was six hundred years old when the Flood came, water over the earth.