אֲבָנִים
Hebrew word for "stones." Lapide connects it etymologically to *banim* ("sons"), explaining that families are built from sons as buildings are built from stones.
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Etymology linking sons and stones
"the Hebrews call sons banim, as if abanim, that is, "stones""