אבן

Arabic

Noun

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

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of اِبْن‎ (ibn, “son”)‎‎
   • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈeven/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛːvɛn]

Noun

אֶבֶן • (éven) f (plural indefinite אֲבָנִים‎, plural construct אַבְנֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. stone, small rock
2. gem
3. (Biblical Hebrew) motionless body, paralyzed (see 1 Samuel 25:37)

Declension

Declension of אֶבֶן

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אֶבֶן	first	אַבְנִי‎		אַבְנֵנוּ‎
	definite	הָאֶבֶן‎	second	אַבְנְךָ‎	אַבְנֵךְ‎	אַבְנְכֶם‎	אַבְנְכֶן‎
	construct	אֶבֶן־	third	אַבְנוֹ‎	אַבְנָהּ‎	אַבְנָם‎	אַבְנָן‎
plural	indefinite	אֲבָנִים‎	first	אבניי / אֲבָנַי‎		אֲבָנֵינוּ‎
	definite	הָאֲבָנִים‎	second	אֲבָנֶיךָ‎	אבנייך / אֲבָנַיִךְ‎	אַבְנֵיכֶם‎	אַבְנֵיכֶן‎
	construct	אַבְנֵי־‎	third	אֲבָנָיו‎	אֲבָנֶיהָ‎	אַבְנֵיהֶם‎	אַבְנֵיהֶן‎

Derived terms

• אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים‎ ('éven hekhakhamím)
• אֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה‎ (éven haroshá)
• אֶבֶן יְקָרָה‎ (éven y'kará)
• אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת‎ (éven mashkhézet)
• אַבְנָן‎ (avnán)

References

• H68 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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