רְאוּבֵן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7205

Reuben — used 72 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Reuben tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רְאוּבֵן: n.pr.m. Reuben tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Reuben, Ρουβην[ιν] (behold a son! but Gn 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי(!); JosAnt. i, 19, 7 al. Ρουβηλος, 𝔖 ܪܘܽܒܝܺܠ, ר׳ then perhaps = Arabic رِيبَالٌ lion, cf. Di);— eldest son of Jacob and Leah Gn 29:32; 30:14 + 11 times Gn, Ex 1:2; 1 Ch 2:1; as head of family or clan Ex 6:14(×2); Nu 1:20; 26:5 (all P), 1 Ch 5:1, 3, cf. בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־רְא׳ Dt 11:6. as name of clan or tribe Ju 5:15, 16; Dt 27:13; Jos 18:7 (+ גָּד; both D), Dt 33:6 (poem), Ez 48:6, 7, 31; Nu 1:5 (P); so מַטֵה ר׳ Nu 1:21; 13:4; Jos 20:8; 21:7 (all P), 1 Ch 6:48, 63, מַחֲנֵה ר׳ Nu 2:10, 16; 10:18 (all P); בְּנֵי ר׳, as tribe, Nu 16:1b; 32:37 (both JE), 2:10; 7:20; 26:5; Jos 13:23(×2) (all P), also (+ Gad and often Manasseh) Nu 32:1, 2, 6, 25 (JE), Jos 4:12 (D), Nu 32:29, 31, 33; Jos 22:9 + 11 times 22 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 5:18; בֶן־ר׳ as tribe Jos 15:6; 18:7 (both P), מַטֵּה בְּנֵי־ר׳ 13:15 (P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 43 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Reuben (50); Reuben (19); the son of Reuben (2).

In the verses

Exodus 1:2 · tree →

רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה׃

Word for word: Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah

JPS 1917: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Genesis 46:9 · tree →

וּבְנֵ֖י רְאוּבֵ֑ן חֲנ֥וֹךְ וּפַלּ֖וּא וְחֶצְר֥וֹן וְכַרְמִֽי׃

Word for word: and the.sons of.Reuben Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi

JPS 1917: And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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