🔼The name Bunah: Summary
- Meaning
- Intelligence
- Etymology
- From the verb בין (bin), to discern.
🔼The name Bunah in the Bible
The name Bunah occurs once in the Bible. It belongs to the second son of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah and Tamar (1 Chronicles 2:25).
🔼Etymology of the name Bunah
The name Bunah appears to be related to the verb בין (bin), and specifically a variant spelling of the noun בינה (bina), meaning understanding:
בין
The verb בין (bin) means to distinguish and thus to discern, contemplate and understand. Its derivation בין (ben) means between, and obviously resembles the word בן (ben), son. A spectrum of sons is what an אב ('ab), or father, is expressed in.
🔼Bunah meaning
For a meaning of the name Bunah, both NOBSE Study Bible Name List and BDB Theological Dictionary read Intelligence. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names derives our name from the same verb בין but translates our name with Prudence.