re.u.ve.ni identifies a person or group as belonging to Reuben, including their clans, leaders, land, and inheritance.

The term consistently marks affiliation with Reuben: it identifies people and clans, names the group receiving land or being addressed, and describes territory as belonging to that group. The supplied forms are all masculine singular absolute gentilics, while the surrounding clauses may refer to an individual representative or to the group collectively.

1. Belonging to Reuben · dominant

   In Joshua 13:8 the form occurs where the APB renders that the Reubenites received an inheritance east of the Jordan; in Deuteronomy 4:43 it describes land connected with Bezer as belonging to the Reubenite. The same gentilic identifies a leader in 1 Chronicles 5:6 and a people-group alongside Gadites and Manassites in Joshua 12:6.

   Joshua 13:8Deuteronomy 4:431 Chronicles 5:6Joshua 12:6Numbers 26:71 Chronicles 26:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the group with plural wording such as "the Reubenites," while some clauses use singular wording such as "the Reubenite" for a person or territorial association. These English forms indicate the clause's presentation rather than a separate lexical distinction.