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title: בְּנָיָה — Benaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּנָיָה (1141), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Benaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּנָיָה

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«בְּנָיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Benaiah** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 1141 · **BDB:** בְּנָיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Benaiah (9); of.Benaiah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Benaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1141/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1141/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Yah hath built up, cf. יבנאל, Sab. בנאל DHMZMG 1883, 15)— one of David’s captains and heroes, son of Jehoiada, בניהו 2 S 8:18; 23:20, 22 1 K 1:8, 10, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 30(×2), 34, 35, 46; 4:4 1 Ch 11:24; 18:17; 27:5, 6 cf. v 34 (v. Be); = בניה 2 S 20:23 1 Ch 11:22. one of David’s thirty, בניהו 2 S 23:30 = בניה 1 Ch 11:31; 27:14. a Simeonite, בניה 1 Ch 4:36. Levites, בניהו 1 Ch 15:18, 20, 24; (id.) 2 Ch 31:13; בניה 2 Ch 20:14. Israelites, בניה, Ezr 10:25; v 30; v 35; v 43; Ez 11:13 = בניהו v 1.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּנָיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1141/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.35/)

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בְּנָיָ֥ה בֵדְיָ֖ה כְּלֽוּהוּ׃

*Word for word:* Benaiah Bedeiah Keluhi

*JPS 1917:* Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu;

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[1 Chronicles 11:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.31/)

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אִיתַ֣י בֶּן־רִיבַ֗י מִגִּבְעַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ןס בְּנָיָ֖ה הַפִּרְעָתֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Ithai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite

*JPS 1917:* Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite;

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