ba.a.na is used as a personal name for men identified by their fathers or by a son.

The attested form functions as a proper personal name: two men are identified by their fathers in 1 Kings, while another is identified as Zadok’s father in Nehemiah.

1. Personal name in administrative and family identifications · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in all three occurrences. In 1 Kings 4:12 and 1 Kings 4:16, the APB renders men with this name as sons of Ahilud and Hushai who had charge of named regions; in Nehemiah 3:4, it renders Zadok as the son of a man with this name during the repair work.

   1 Kings 4:121 Kings 4:16Nehemiah 3:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Baana” in each verse, attaching it to paternal identification in all three clauses. It confirms the name-bearing use without isolating further lexical contribution.