Bnaya

Bnaya
בְּנַיָה
Bnaya
Coordinates: 31°50′35.87″N 34°45′7.92″E / 31.8432972°N 34.7522000°E / 31.8432972; 34.7522000Coordinates: 31°50′35.87″N 34°45′7.92″E / 31.8432972°N 34.7522000°E / 31.8432972; 34.7522000
District Central
Council Brenner
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Eastern European immigrants
Population (2014)[1] 783

Bnaya (Hebrew: בְּנַיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Ashdod, Gedera and Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 783.

History

The village was founded in 1949 by 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.[2] 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,[3][4] a member of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36) dwelling in this area.

References

  1. ↑ 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. 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 (Hebrew)
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