Word Study · Strong's H1142 · Hebrew
בְּנֵי יַעֲקָן
Bene Yaaqan
ben-ay' yah-ak-awn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bᵉnêy Yaʻăqân
“Bene-Jaakan, a place in the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Bene-Jaakan, a place in the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Bene-jaakan.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בִּבְנֵ֥י1
- בְּנֵי־1
- יַעֲקָ֑ן1
- יַעֲקָ֖ן1
- יַעֲקָֽן׃1
- מִבְּנֵ֣י1
How it is rendered · 5
- jaakan2
- at Bene-1
- Bene-1
- from Bene-1
- Yaaqan1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpl · 4
- HR/Npl · 2
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Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 33:31בִּבְנֵ֥יbivneipreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.here: at Bene-
- Numbers 33:31יַעֲקָֽן׃yaakanproper noun (a name)They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.here: jaakan
- Numbers 33:32מִבְּנֵ֣יmibeneipreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.here: from Bene-
- Numbers 33:32יַעֲקָ֑ןyaakanproper noun (a name)They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.here: jaakan
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 10:6בְּנֵי־benei-proper noun (a name)The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.here: Bene-
- Deuteronomy 10:6יַעֲקָ֖ןyaakanproper noun (a name)The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.here: Yaaqan