ראובן
Hebrew
editEtymology
editTraditionally 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.[1]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editרְאוּבֵן • (r'uvén) m
- (biblical) Reuben (first son of Jacob, by his wife Leah). Also Reuven
- Reuben, Reuven: one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- a male given name, Reuben or Reuven
References
edit- ^ Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black, editors (1903), Encyclopaedia Biblica, volume IV: Q to Z, Toronto: George N. Morang & Company, pages 4091 - 4094
Further reading
edit- ראובן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he