בָּנִים
Hebrew word for "sons." Lapide explains the etymology: the Hebrews call sons *banim*, as if *abanim* ("stones"), from the root *bana* ("he built"), because families are built from sons as from stones. This is an example of catachresis (Canon 10).
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Lapide explains the etymology linking sons and stones
"the Hebrews call sons banim, as if abanim, that is, "stones," from the root bana, that is, "he built"; for from sons as from stones the houses and families of parents are built"