אבן
Arabic
    
    Noun
    
אבן • (ibn) m (plural אבנא (ʾabnāʾ) or בנון (banūna))
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of اِبْن (ibn, “son”)
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Exodus 1:1:
- 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
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈeven/
 - (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈʔɛːvɛn]
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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 | |
Synonyms
    
- (gem): אֶבֶן יְקָרָה (éven y'kará)
 
Derived terms
    
- אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים ('éven hekhakhamím)
 - אֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה (éven haroshá)
 - אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת (éven mashkhézet)
 - אַבְנָן (avnán)
 
References
    
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