The house tent built by Arie Ben-Gurion for his wife Bruria and their children, Kibbutz Beit Hashita, Eretz Israel, 1947
The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, courtesy of Razia and Hagai Ben-Gurion
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BEN GURION
(Family Name)BEN GURION, BAR GURION, BEN GURIAN, BEN GURIA, BAR GURIA
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name.
In addition, the word Agur, used in the sense of "to assemble", was the name of the compiler of Proverbs (called Agur son of Jakeh) found in the book of Proverbs. The pursuit of wisdom was used as an epithet by King Solomon. Thus the name Agurian could have designated one who aspires to wisdom. Phonetically similar names can be found in the Talmud and Midrash, such as Gurion, Ben Gurion, Bar Gurian, Ben Guria, Bar Guria and Gurian. Bar is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew Ben; both mean "son". The most famous bearer of the name Ben Gurion was David ben Gurion, the Polish-born Israeli statesman, first prime minister and defense minister of Israel, an outstanding leader of the pioneering labor movements in Eretz Israel who headed the struggle for Jewish independence in Eretz Israel. He adopted the name Ben Gurion as a Hebraized form of his father's name, Gruen (German for "green").
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name.
In addition, the word Agur, used in the sense of "to assemble", was the name of the compiler of Proverbs (called Agur son of Jakeh) found in the book of Proverbs. The pursuit of wisdom was used as an epithet by King Solomon. Thus the name Agurian could have designated one who aspires to wisdom. Phonetically similar names can be found in the Talmud and Midrash, such as Gurion, Ben Gurion, Bar Gurian, Ben Guria, Bar Guria and Gurian. Bar is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew Ben; both mean "son". The most famous bearer of the name Ben Gurion was David ben Gurion, the Polish-born Israeli statesman, first prime minister and defense minister of Israel, an outstanding leader of the pioneering labor movements in Eretz Israel who headed the struggle for Jewish independence in Eretz Israel. He adopted the name Ben Gurion as a Hebraized form of his father's name, Gruen (German for "green").