Bnaya

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Bnaya
בְּנַיָה‎
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Bnaya is located in Central Israel
Bnaya
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
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilBrenner
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded by Czechoslovak, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian Jews
Population
 (2019)[1]
798

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 2019 it had a population of 798.[1]

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.[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. ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  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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