בֵּן יָחִיד

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Only child / a single son

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A son to parents without additional sons. A person without brothers.

(“And He said: Take, please, your son, your only one, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah” — Genesis 22:2 (the LORD to Abraham); and likewise: “Although he is an only son, he is not at all spoiled as they thought he was”; and likewise: “Yet I felt longing for my only son and my only daughter” — S. Y. Agnon / Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, In the Upper Worlds.)