בָּנָה 373 verb build (MI, Nabatean Eut
No. 1 בנה, Phoenician 
בן, Arabic 
بَنَا, Assyrian 
banû COT
Glossary compare Ba
ZMG 1887, 640, Sabean 
בני CIS
iv, 1, No, 56, Aramaic 
H1124 בְּנָא, 
axnb, Palmyrene 
בנא Vog
No. 31) — 
Qal Perfect ב׳ Deuteronomy 20:5 +, 
בָּֽנְתָה Proverbs 9:1; 
Proverbs 14:1, 
בָּנִיתָ Deuteronomy 6:10, 
בָּנִתָה 1 Kings 9:3; 
וּבָנִ֫יתָ consecutive 
Deuteronomy 20:20 +; 
בָּנִיתְ Ezekiel 16:25; 
בָּנִתִי 1 Kings 8:13 +; plural 
בָּנוּ Genesis 11:5 +, etc.; 
Imperfect יִבְּנֶה Deuteronomy 25:9 +; jussive 
וְיִבֶן Ezra 1:3, 
וַיִּבְנֶה Joshua 19:50 + 
2 times, 
וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix 
יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 
3rd person feminine singular וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Chronicles 7:24; 
Zechariah 9:3; 
אֶבְנֶה 2 Samuel 7:27 +; plural 
יִבְנוּ Isaiah 65:22 +, etc.; 
Imperative בְּנֵה Numbers 23:1 +; plural 
בְּנוּ Numbers 32:24 +; 
Infinitive absolute בָּנֹה 1 Kings 8:13; construct 
בְּנוֺת 1 Chronicles 6:17 +, etc.; 
Participle active בֹּנֶה (
בּוֺנֶה) 
Genesis 4:17 +; construct 
בֹּנֵה Psalm 147:2; plural 
(מֹּנִים) בּוֺנִים Ezra 4:1 +; construct 
בֹּנֵי 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse), etc.; 
passive בָּנוּי Songs 4:4; 
Judges 6:28; feminine 
בְּנוּיָה Psalm 122:3; plural 
בְּנוּיִם Nehemiah 7:4; — 
build, 
1 (literal). 
    a. with accusative
    †c. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) 
fashioned the rib into a woman.
 
    †i. = 
rebuild Joshua 6:26; 
1 Kings 16:34; 
Amos 9:14; 
Isaiah 45:13; 
Psalm 69:36; 
Nehemiah 2:5; 
Daniel 9:25 all of city; compare phrase 
בנה חָרְבוֺת עוֺלָם Isaiah 58:12; 
Isaiah 61:4 & 
Ezekiel 36:36; 
Malachi 1:4; 
Job 3:14; of walls 
Micah 7:11; 
2 Chronicles 32:5; 
Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 3:38; 
Nehemiah 6:6; 
Psalm 51:20 [
Psalm 51:18] (active of 
י׳); of gate 
Nehemiah 3:1, 
13, 
14, 
15; temple 
Zechariah 6:12, 
13; 
Ezra 1:3; altar 
2 Chronicles 33:16 (Qr 
וַיִּבֶן so Bö < Kt 
ויכן, from 
כון, so Öttli), 
Ezra 3:2; high places 
2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 33:3; in some of these apparently an idea of merely repairing; so, sometimes with added notion of enlarging etc., city 
Numbers 32:34, 
37, 
38 (E) 
Joshua 19:50 (P) 
Judges 21:23; 
2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 26:2; 
1 Chronicles 11:8; 
2 Chronicles 8:2; 
11:6 compare 
Micah 3:10; Millo 
1 Kings 9:24; 
1 Kings 11:27; compare house 
Job 20:19.
 
    2. figurative.
† 
Niph. Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 
1 Kings 6:7, 
נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; 
Nehemiah 7:1, 
וְנִבְנְתָה consecutive 
Jeremiah 30:18 + 
2 times; 
2nd person feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית consecutive 
Jeremiah 31:4; 
3rd person plural נִבְנוּ Malachi 3:15; 
וְנִבְנוּ consecutive 
Jeremiah 12:16; 
Ezekiel 36:33; 
Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14 + 
4 times; 
3rd person feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה Numbers 21:27 + 
3 times; 
2nd person masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה Job 22:33, 
אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2, 
וְאִבָּנֶה Genesis 30:3; 
3rd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Ezekiel 36:10; 
2nd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Isaiah 44:26; 
Infinitive לְהִבָּנוֺת Haggai 1:2; 
Zechariah 8:9, 
בְּהִבָּנֹתוֺ 1 Kings 6:7 (twice in verse);
Participle נִבְנֶה 1 Chronicles 22:19; — 
    1.
    2.
    c. of childless wife, by means of concubine 
אִבָּנֶה מִמֶּגָּה Genesis 16:2; 
Genesis 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, 
from or 
through her; compare 
Qal 2 a.
 
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