Bnaya

Bnaya
בְּנַ‏יָה
Bnaya
Coordinates: 31°50′35.87″N 34°45′7.92″E / 31.8432972°N 34.7522000°ECoordinates: 31°50′35.87″N 34°45′7.92″E / 31.8432972°N 34.7522000°E
Council Brenner
Region Central Israel
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Eastern European immigrants

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 2007 it had a population of 805.

It was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, and was initially named Yavne HaDromit (Hebrew: יבנה הדרומית‎, lit. Southern Yavne) due to its location south of the town.[1] However, later after a process of metathesis of the word "Yavne" the name was changed to Bnaya, named after "an officer under David"[2] (1 Chronicles 11:22),[3] member of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36) dwelling in this area.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.35 (Location of the book: Ben Zvi Institute Library, 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem; in the online-catalogue: )
  3. ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.13, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)