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title: בֻּנִּי — Bunni · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֻּנִּי (1138), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Bunni. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֻּנִּי

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«בֻּנִּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bunni** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1138 · **BDB:** בֻּנִּי

### Glosses

Bunni (2); of.Bunni (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bunni [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1138/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1138/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Levites, Ne 9:4, but read perhaps בִּנּוּי cf. BeRy \& vid. 10:10; 12:8 Ezr 8:33; בּוּנִּי (בֶּן) Ne 11:15, but read perhaps מִן בְּנֵי etc. cf. BeRy a chief of people Ne 10:16, perhaps repetit. of בָּנִי v 15 cf. BeRy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֻּנִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1138/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.16/)

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בֻּנִּ֥י עַזְגָּ֖ד בֵּבָֽי׃

*Word for word:* Bunni Azgad Bebai

*JPS 1917:* Bunni, Azgad, Bebai;

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[Nehemiah 11:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.15/)

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וּמִֽן־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם שְׁמַעְיָ֧ה בֶן־חַשּׁ֛וּב בֶּן־עַזְרִיקָ֥ם בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְיָ֖ה בֶּן־בּוּנִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and of the Levites Shemaiah the.son of.Hasshub the.son of.Azrikam the.son of.Hashabiah the.son of.Bunni

*JPS 1917:* And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

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