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baʿănā בַּעֲנָה ‘Baanah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from a derivative of ʿānā עָנָה ‘be occupied / to afflict’ with prepositional prefix
Roots: ענה

baʿănā pr n m pers
Baana or Baanah = "in affliction"
1) a Benjamite, son Rimmon, who with his brother Rechab murdered Ish-bosheth. For this, killed by David, mutilated bodies hung up over the pool at Hebron
2) a Netophathite, father of Heleb or Heled, one of David's mighty warriors
3) the head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel
4) a chief of the people

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 4:6, 4:9, 4:2, 4:5, 23:29 Ezra 2:2 Nehemiah 7:7, 10:28 1 Chronicles 11:30

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