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title: בְּנָה — build · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בְּנָה (lemma:בְּנָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 22 times: build. BDB 1906: vb. build. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּנָה

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«בְּנָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **build** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** lemma:בְּנָה · **BDB:** בְּנָה

### Glosses

build (6); it.will.be.built (3); let.it.be.built (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

build [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. build [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**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.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.4/)

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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?'

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[Ezra 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.21/)

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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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