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Numbers 26:5
“Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רְאוּבֵןRᵉʼûwbên · reh-oo-bane'
H7205 · Hebrew
H7205 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Reuben, a son of Jacob
- Derivation
- from the imperative of H7200 (רָאָה) and H1121 (בֵּן); see ye a son;
- KJV renderings
- Reuben.
- Grammar
- רְאוּבֵ֖ן — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 29:32Genesis 30:14Genesis 35:22Genesis 35:23Genesis 37:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רְאוּבֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.