ba.a.nah is a Hebrew personal name used to identify men in narrative, family, and returnee-list settings.

The attested form functions as a personal name: it identifies a man as the father of named warriors, one of Rimmon's sons in the account concerning Ish-bosheth, and a person named among those who came with Zerubbabel.

1. Personal name in narrative and identification · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In 2 Samuel 4:2 the APB renders Baanah as one of two captains and identifies him with Rechab as a son of Rimmon; in 2 Samuel 4:5 and 2 Samuel 4:6 he is named in the movement to Ish-bosheth's house and the subsequent escape. In 2 Samuel 23:29 and 1 Chronicles 11:30, the APB uses the name in identifying the father of a named man, while Ezra 2:2 and Nehemiah 7:7 place it in lists of those who came with Zerubbabel.

   2 Samuel 4:22 Samuel 4:52 Samuel 4:62 Samuel 23:291 Chronicles 11:30Ezra 2:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the narrative and list contexts, the APB presents the form as “Baanah” when it names a person. In Nehemiah 10:28, the supplied APB verse does not visibly include the name, so the translation does not isolate its contribution there.