Benhail ~ ቤንኃይል: The name “Benhail” means son of strength / HBN, (2 ዜና 17፡7)

The root words for ‘Benhail’ are ‘Bien’ (ቤን) and ‘Hail’ (ኃይል) ፥ The meaning is ‘Son of the almighty, the most powerful’ / Ibid.

One of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of Judah, “Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and ... teach in the cities of Judah,” (2 Chr 17:7)
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 ቤንኃይል ~Benhail: ቤን ኃይል፣ የኃያል ልጅ፣ ብርቱ ወገን፣ ጠንካራ ቤተሰብ ማለት ነው።

‘ቤን’ እና ‘ኃይል’ ከሚሉ ሁለት ስሞች የተመሠረተ ቃል ነው።

ኢዮሳፍጥ በእስራኤል ላይ ሲነግስ እንዲያስተምሩ ካዘዛቸው መሳፍንት፥ “...ያስተምሩ ዘንድ መሳፍንቱን፥ ቤንኃይልን፥ አብድያስን፥ ዘካርያስን...” (2 ዜና 17፡7)