BDB7671
רְאוּבֵן71 proper name, masculine Reuben, Ρουβην[ιν] (be-hold a son! but Gen 29:32 makes = רָאָה בְּעָנְיִי (!); JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 1:19»i. 19, 7 and others Ρουβηλος, ᵑ6 [untranscribed source text 4913], ׳ ר then perhaps = Arabic [untranscribed source text 4914], lion, compare Di); —
1. eldest son of Jacob and Leah Gen 29:32; Gen 30:14 + 11 t. Genesis; Exod 1:2; 1Chr 2:1 as head of family or clan Exod 6:14 (twice in verse); Num 1:20; Num 26:5 (all
P
), 1Chr 5:1;
1Chr 5:3, compare
׳
בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב בֶּןרְֿא
Deut 11:6.
2. as name of clan or tribe Judg 5:15; Judg 5:16; Deut 27:13; Josh 18:7 ( +גָּד; both
D
), Deut 33:6
(poem), Ezek
48:6; Ezek
48:7;
Ezek 48:31; Num 1:5
(
P
); so ׳
מַטֵּה ר
Num 1:21; Num 13:4; Josh 20:8; Josh 21:7 (all
P
), 1Chr 6:48
; 1Chr 6:63
, ׳
מַחֲנֵה ר
Num 2:10; Num 2:16; Num 10:18 (all
P
); ׳
בְּנֵי ר, as tribe, Num 16: l b Num 32:37 (both
J
E
), Num 2:10
; Num 7:20; Num 26:5; Josh 13:23
(twice in verse) (all
P
), also (+ Gad and often Manasseh) Num 32:1; Num 32:2; Num 32:6; Num 32:25 (
J
E
), Josh 4:12
(
D
), Num 32:29
; Num 32:31
; Num 32:33
; Josh 22:9 +
11 t. 22 (all
P
), compare
1Chr 5:18
׳
בֶּןרֿ as tribe Josh 15:6; Josh 18:7 (both
P
), מַטֵּה
׳
בְנֵיֿ ר
Josh 13:15 (
P
).