## Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 263

###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 263:1
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ויש הבדל בין שם "**בן**" ושם "**זרע**".

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
And there is a difference between the noun **בן** (son) and the noun **זרע** (seed):


###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 263:2
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שם 'זרע' כולל גם בני הבנים. ושם 'בן' בדיוק הוא רק הבנים לבד.

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
The noun זרע (seed) includes also grandchildren. And the noun בן includes only sons.


###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 263:3
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ושם 'זרע' כשבא בדיוק הוא רק זרע הכשר. (קדושים ס' צג, אמור ס' צו)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
And the nounזרע in its precise meaning includes only *kosher* descendants.


###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 263:4
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ובבעלי חיים לא יחס שם 'בן' רק אל האם. (אמור ס' קלא)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
And with respect to animals, the name בן (son of) is only ascribed to the mother.