בֵּן

Son

BEN

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Meanings

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About “Son” in Hebrew

Ben means son and is one of the most common elements in Hebrew names—Ben-Gurion, Ben-Yehuda, Benjamin. In Jewish tradition, a boy becomes bar mitzvah (son of the commandment) at age thirteen. The prefix 'ben' or 'bin' before a father's name was historically used as a surname and remains standard in religious contexts.

Example

הַבֵּן שֶׁלִּי בֶּן עֶשֶׂר.

My son is ten years old.

Gematria of “Son” (בן)

In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word בן (BEN) has a gematria value of 702.

2ב+

700ן

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Torah Verses with Gematria 702

These Bible verses share the same numerical value as “Son” (702).

Numbers 1:7במדבר 1:7

ליהודה נחשון בן עמינדב

From Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab.

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

“Son” in the Bible

Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “son”.

Amos 1:1עמוס 1:1

דברי עמוס אשר היה בנקדים מתקוע אשר חזה על ישראל בימי עזיה מלך יהודה ובימי ירבעם בן יואש מלך ישראל שנתים לפני הרעש

The words of Amos, a sheep breeder from Tekoa, who prophesied concerning Israel in the reigns of Kings Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 2:7עמוס 2:7

השאפים על עפר ארץ בראש דלים ודרך ענוים יטו ואיש ואביו ילכו אל הנערה למען חלל את שם קדשי

[Ah,] you who trample the heads of the poor Into the dust of the ground, And make the humble walk a twisted course! as equivalent to shaphim . Emendation yields: “Who crush on the ground / The heads of the poor, / And push off the road / The humble of the land”; cf. Job 24.4. Father and son go to the same woman, And thereby profane My holy name.

Amos 2:11עמוס 2:11

ואקים מבניכם לנביאים ומבחוריכם לנזרים האף אין זאת בני ישראל נאם יהוה

And I raised up prophets from among your sons And nazirites from among your young men. Is that not so, O people of Israel? —says GOD.

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

This word starts with the Hebrew letter bet.