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Moshav in central Israel Place in Central, Israel
Bnaya בְּנַיָה‎
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Coordinates: 31°50′36″N 34°45′8″E / 31.84333°N 34.75222°E / 31.84333; 34.75222
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilBrenner
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded by Czechoslovak, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian Jews
Population745

Bnaya (Hebrew: בְּנַיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the westernmost portion of the Shephelah near Ashdod, Gedera and Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 745.

History

The village was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, and was initially named Yavne HaDromit (יבנה הדרומית, lit. Southern Yavne) due to its location south of the town. However, later after a process of metathesis of the word "Yavne" the name was changed to Bnaya, named after "an officer under David" mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:22, a member of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36) dwelling in this area.

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. pp. 85–86. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. Place Names in Israel, Jerusalem 1962, p35
  4. Hanna Bitan (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, p13 ISBN 965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)
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