בְּנָה

Biblical Aramaic

build — used 22 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

build tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בְּנָה: vb. build tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. build (BH בָּנָה);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. 3 ms. בְּנָ֫הִי Ezr 5:11; i s. sf. בֶּנַיְתַהּ Dn 4:27; Impf. 3 mpl. יִבְנוֹן Ezr 6:7; Inf. לְמִבְנֵא 5:2 +, לְמִבְנְיָה v 9 (read לְמִבְנֵא M § 64 u or לְמִבְנֵה, so S-C A 3. 64), לִבְּנֵא (read לְמִבְנֵא Str § 23 l M l.c.) v 3, 13; Pt. act. pl. בָּנַ֫יִן 4:12 +; pass. בְּנֵה 5:11 (v. on forms K § 47, Beisp. pass.);—build: c. acc. of temple Ezr 5:2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 17; 6:7, 8, so 5:4 (acc. cogn.); pass. of temple v 11; c. acc. of city 4:12 Dn 4:27; abs. Ezr 6:14(×2). be built: Impf. 3 ms. יִתְבְּנֵא of temple Ezr 5:15; 6:3; 3 fs. תִּתְבְּנֵא of city 4:13, 16, 21; Pt. מִתְבְּנֵא of temple 5:8 (c. acc. mater.), v 16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: build (6); it will be built (3); let it be built (2).

In the verses

Ezra 5:4 · tree →

אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

Word for word: then as.follows we.said to them what? [are].they the.names of the.men who this the building [are].building

JPS 1917: 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

Ezra 4:21 · tree →

כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔םלְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃

Word for word: now make a.decree to make.to.cease the men these and the city this not it.will.be.built until from me the decree it.will.be.made

JPS 1917: Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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