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אבן
אבן
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeven/
Noun
אֶבֶן • (éven) f (plural indefinite אֲבָנִים, plural construct אַבְנֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- stone, small rock
- gem
- (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 | |
References
- “H68”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Etymology 2
Noun
אבן • (ibn) m (no plural forms, singular construct אבן־) (singular only, construct only)
Judeo-Arabic
Etymology
Noun
אבן (ibnun) m (plural אבנא (ʾabnāʾun) or בנון (banūna))
- 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 ad-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:
- הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃
- Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)