ba.ni is a proper name used for people and for a family or ancestral grouping in biblical lists and genealogies.

The attested forms are proper-name uses: they identify individuals in lists, genealogies, and public activity, and they also mark a family or ancestral grouping through expressions such as “sons of Bani” and “from Bani.”

1. Proper name in personal and family identification · dominant

   Every supplied occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In 2 Samuel 23:36 the APB renders “Bani the Gadite”; in Ezra 10:29 and Ezra 2:10 it uses Bani to identify a group through “the sons of Bani.” In Nehemiah 3:17 and Nehemiah 11:22, the name occurs within descent statements for Rehum and Uzzi, while Nehemiah 8:7 and Nehemiah 9:5 place Bani among Levites involved in instructing the people and calling them to bless the LORD.

   2 Samuel 23:36Ezra 10:29Ezra 2:10Nehemiah 3:17Nehemiah 11:22Nehemiah 8:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally preserves the form as “Bani,” including personal lists and genealogies. In family-group contexts it renders the surrounding construction as “the sons of Bani” or “from Bani”; These phrases describe the verse’s construction rather than separate translations of the name.