Hebrew word · H7206
רְאוּבֵנִי
lor'uveni
Reubenite
Appears 18 times in 17 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
Someone from the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
brother of: Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);
half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);
father of: Hanoch (H2585J), Pallu (H6396), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756)
Group of re.u.ven (רְאוּבֵן "Reuben" H7205)
§ Reubenite, of Reuben "behold a son"
a descendant of Reuben the son of Jacob
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Numbers · 2
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Numbers 26:7 הָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י the Reubenite[s]
These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.
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Numbers 34:14 הָראוּבֵנִי֙ the Reubenite[s]
For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
Deuteronomy · 4
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Deuteronomy 3:12 לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֖י to the Reubenite[s]
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
Here: A singular tribal name with the article, used for the whole group: 'the Reubenite' = the tribe of Reuben as one body.
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Deuteronomy 3:16 וְלָרֻאוּבֵנִ֨י and to the Reubenite[s]
and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
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Deuteronomy 4:43 לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י for the Reubenite[s]
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
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Deuteronomy 29:8 לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י to the Reubenite[s]
We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua · 4
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Joshua 1:12 וְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙ and to the Reubenite[s]
But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
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Joshua 12:6 לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי֙ to the Reubenite[s]
Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Here: Literally "to the Reubenite": a singular word with "the" that stands for the whole tribe descended from Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
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Joshua 13:8 הָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙ the Reubenite[s]
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
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Joshua 22:1 לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י <to> the Reubenite[s]
Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
Here: Literally 'to the Reubenite', singular with the article. Hebrew uses this singular form to mean the whole clan group, so 'the Reubenites' is right. The tribe descends from Jacob's firstborn, Reuben, and settled east of the Jordan.
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 10:33 וְהָרֻאובֵנִ֖י and the Reubenite[s]
from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
1 Chronicles · 7
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1 Chronicles 5:6 לָרֽאוּבֵנִֽי׃ of the Reubenite[s]
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
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1 Chronicles 5:26 לָראוּבֵנִ֣י to the Reubenite[s]
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
Here: 'The Reubenite', singular for the whole tribe. The 'to' here marks the object, the people deported, a usage common in late Hebrew.
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1 Chronicles 11:42 הָרֽאוּבֵנִ֗י לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֖י the Reubenite, of the Reubenite[s]
Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,
Here: A word saying which tribe he belongs to: Adina comes from the tribe of Reuben, which lived east of the Jordan.
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1 Chronicles 12:37 הָראוּבֵנִ֨י the Reubenite[s]
And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
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1 Chronicles 26:32 הָראוּבֵנִ֤י the Reubenite[s]
Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
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1 Chronicles 27:16 לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֣י for the Reubenite[s]
These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel: Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri; over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;
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