be.na.yah is a personal name borne by several men, especially a son of Jehoiada in royal and military accounts.

The form functions as a personal name across narrative, official lists, genealogies, and family identifications. Its most prominent bearer is identified as the son of Jehoiada in accounts of military action, royal commands, and appointment over the army; other occurrences name men in lists or identify a father in a lineage.

1. Personal name for men in narrative and lists · dominant

   Every supplied occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In 2 Samuel 23:20 the APB renders a man bearing this name as the son of Jehoiada and recounts his striking enemies and killing a lion; in 1 Kings 2:35 it names the man appointed over the army. The same name also occurs among musicians in 1 Chronicles 15:20, in a list of Israelites in Ezra 10:25, and as Pelatiah's father in Ezekiel 11:1.

   2 Samuel 23:201 Kings 2:351 Chronicles 15:20Ezra 10:25Ezekiel 11:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the proper name as “Benaiah,” often adding identifying relationships or roles such as “son of Jehoiada” or an office. Those added descriptions reflect the verse context rather than separate renderings of the name itself.