ראובן

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Hebrew

Etymology

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

For other proposals, see Encyclopaedia Biblica, volume 4.[1]

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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

  1. ^ Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black, editors (1903), Encyclopaedia Biblica, volume IV: Q to Z, Toronto: George N. Morang & Company, pages 4091 - 4094

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