אבן

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Arabic

Noun

אבן • (ibn) m (plural אבנא (ʾabnāʾ) or בנון (banūna))

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

Pronunciation

Noun

אֶבֶן • (éven) f (plural indefinite אֲבָנִים, plural construct אַבְנֵי־)

  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

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

  1. (used in names) ibn
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