What does בֵּן · יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons/children of Jerusalem".
Hebrew · H1121, H3389
בְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם
A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · Jerushalaim or Jerushalem , the capital city of Palestine
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בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Pronunciation ben
Son extends metaphorically to designate relationship, condition, quality, and national identity across kinship and covenantal contexts.
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יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם H3389 Jerushalaim or Jerushalem , the capital city of Palestine
Pronunciation yĕrûšāliam
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What does בְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם (benê Yerûšālayim) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons/children of Jerusalem".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H3389?
H1121, H3389 is connected to 5,585 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sons/children of Jerusalem
Strong's H1121, H3389
Lexical occurrences 5,585 verses Source Gloss
sons/children of Jerusalem
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain