be.vay is a proper name used in family designations and among personal names in biblical lists.

The attested proper name identifies a family line in notices of “sons of” and “son of” relationships, and it also occurs within a list of names.

1. Proper name in family notices and name lists · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In Ezra 2:11 and Nehemiah 7:16 the APB renders family totals for “The sons of Bebai”; in Ezra 8:11 it names Zechariah as “son of Bebai,” and Ezra 10:28 again introduces “the sons of Bebai.” In Nehemiah 10:16, the form occurs in a sequence of names, though the APB renders that sequence “Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,” so its specific English correspondence is unclear.

   Ezra 10:28Ezra 2:11Ezra 8:11Nehemiah 10:16Nehemiah 7:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “Bebai” in the family notices of Ezra 10:28, Ezra 2:11, Ezra 8:11, and Nehemiah 7:16. In Nehemiah 10:16 it instead renders the name sequence with “Bigvai”; The lemma’s precise English counterpart there cannot be isolated.