H1129. banah

בָּנָה‎₃₇₃ verb build (MI, Nabatean Eut^No.1 בנה‎, Phoenician בן‎, Arabic , Assyrian banû COT^Glossary compare Ba^{ZMG 1887, 640}, Sabean בני‎ CIS^{iv, 1, No, 56}, Aramaic בְּנָא‎, , Palmyrene בנא‎ Vog^{No. 31}) —

Qal Perfect ׳ב‎ Deuteronomy 20:5 +, בָּֽנְתָה‎ Proverbs 9:1; 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 2t., וַיִּ֫בֶן‎ Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ‎ Job 20:19; 3feminine 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 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 בּוֺנִים (מֹּנִים)‎ Ezra 4:1 +; construct בֹּנֵי‎ 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse), etc.; passive בָּנוּי‎ Song of Solomon 4:4; Judges 6:28; feminine בְּנוּיָה‎ Psalm 122:3; plural בְּנוּיִם‎ Nehemiah 7:4; — build, 1 (literal)

a. with accusative (α) of city (Hexateuch only J E) Genesis 4:17; 10:11; 11:4-5, (+ tower) 11:8 (all J & his sources); Exodus 1:11; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 24:13 (all E) Judges 1:26; 18:28 22t. Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 32:31; Psalm 122:3 (passive participle) compare Habakkuk 2:12; of village (חָצֵר‎) Nehemiah 12:29; see also below rebuild, i. below; (β) house Genesis 33:17 (J), elsewhere in Hexateuch only Deuteronomy 6:10; 8:12; Deuteronomy 20:25; 22:8; 28:30; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 22:39; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; Proverbs 24:27; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Isaiah 65:21; Jeremiah 35:7, 9 compare Zechariah 5:11; as sign of security Ezekiel 28:26; compare 11:3; of luxury Ecclesiastes 2:4 compare Jeremiah 22:14; of permanent residence 1 Kings 2:36; Jeremiah 29:5, 28; especially of temple 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:32; 6:2 + often Samuel Kings Chronicles; figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1; especially build temple ליהוה‎ etc. 2 Samuel 7:5, 7; 1 Kings 6:1 (= began to build) + 13 t. Chronicles + Isaiah 66:1; י ׳לְשֵׁם‎ etc. 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17 8t. Kings; 13 t. Chronicles; לְשִׁמְךָ לְךָ‎2 Chronicles 20:8; שָׁם שְׁמִי לִהְיוֺת‎ 1 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 6:5; שָׁם שְׁמִי לָשׂוּם‎ 1 Kings 9:3; object chambers, or stories 6:5, 10, court 6:36; Hosea 8:14 perhaps of idol-temples; compare 1 Kings 16:32; Psalm 78:69 of Yahweh's building his sanctuary, 147:2 Jerusalem, 127:1 a house; also Amos 9:6 his chambers in the heavens; of Solomon's palace 1 k 7:1-2, 9:1, 10 +; (γ) of a fortress 2 Chronicles 17:12; 27:4 compare of Tyre Zechariah 9:3 (מָצוֺר‎); (δ) of wall 1 Kings 3:1; Isaiah 60:10; Ezekiel 13:10; 2 Chronicles 33:14 (compare 27:8) Nehemiah 4:4; 6:1 +; (ε) gate 2 Kings 15:35 2 Chronicles 27:3; (ζ) tower Isaiah 5:2; 2 Chronicles 26:9-10, 27:4 compare figurative Song of Solomon 8:9 & passive participle 4:4 (in simile); (η) siege-works against (עַלֿ‎) a city Deuteronomy 20:2 (מָצוֺר‎), Ecclesiastes 9:14 (מְצוֺדִים‎), 2 Kings 25:1 = Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:2 (all דָּיֵק‎), & so (without עַלֿ‎) 17:17; 21:27; compare עָלַי בנה‎, absolute Lamentations 3:5 (in figurative); (θ) altar Genesis 22:9; 35:7; Exodus 17:15; 20:25; 24:4; Numbers 23:1, 14, 29 (all E), Genesis 26:25; Exodus 32:5 (both J), Joshua 22:11 6t. Joshua 22 (all P) Judges 6:28 (passive participle) 21:4 6t. Kings Chronicles; often followed by ליהוה‎ etc. Genesis 8:20; 12:7-8, 13:18 (all J), Deuteronomy 27:5-6, Joshua 8:30 (E) Judges 6:24, 26 8t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; (ι) high places (בָּמָה‎) 1 Kings 11:7; 14:23; 2 Kings 17:9; 21:3; 23:13; 2 Chronicles 33:8, 19; Jeremiah 7:31; 19:5; 32:35; compare גַּב‎ Ezekiel 16:24, 31 (both "" רָמָה‎) & רָמָה‎ 16:25; (κ) צִיּוּן‎ 39:15; also (λ) צאֹן גִּדְרֹת‎ Numbers 32:16 (E); (μ) הַשַּׁבָּת מיּ֯סַךְ‎ 2 Kings 16:18.

b. with accusative of material Exodus 20:25 (E) 1 Kings 6:36; 18:32; 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezekiel 27:5; with בְּ‎ of material 1 Kings 6:15-16, 15:17; 2 Chronicles 16:6; compare

c. לְאִשָּׁה אֶתהַֿצֵּלָע וַיִּבֶן‎ Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman.

d. absolute 2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 9:9; Jeremiah 1:10; 18:9; 22:18; 31:28; Isaiah 65:22 12t. Chronicles + Malachi 1:4; Ecclesiastes 3:3 (opposed to פרץ‎); also

e. Participle active = builder 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles + Ezekiel 27:4; Psalm 118:22; 127:1.

f. with indefinite object 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.

g. אֶתהָֿהָר וַיִּבֶן‎ = and he built on the hill 1 Kings 16:24.

h. followed by בְּ‎ build at Zechariah 6:15; Nehemiah 4:11 (compare בְּ‎ 12b, p. 88).

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 עוֺלָם חָרְבוֺת בנה‎ Isaiah 58:12; 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; 6:6; Psalm 51:20 (active of ׳י‎); of gate 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; 11:27; compare house Job 20:19.

2 figurative

a. build a house (בית‎) = perpetuate and establish a family; subject Leah & Rachel Ruth 4:11; subject a brother Deuteronomy 25:9; subject ׳י‎ (promise to David) 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Chronicles 17:10; and 17:25; (to Solomon) 1 Kings 11:38; compare further דָּוִד סֻכַּת‎ Amos 9:11 (rebuild, restore); = cause a household to flourish Proverbs 14:1 compare opposed to 27:18; also of establishing David's throne Psalm 89:5.

b. build up Israel (after exile) subject ׳י‎ Jeremiah 24:6; 31:4; 33:7; 42:10; compare 45:4 & Psalm 28:5; object Zion 102:17.

Niph`al Perfect נִבְנָה‎ 1 Kings 3:2; 6:7, נִבְנְתָה‎ Numbers 13:22; Nehemiah 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה‎ consecutive Jeremiah 30:18 2t.; 2 feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית‎ consecutive 31:4; 3plural נִבְנוּ‎ Malachi 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ‎ consecutive Jeremiah 12:16; Ezekiel 36:33; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה‎ Job 12:14 4t.; 3 feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה‎ Numbers 21:27 3t.; 2 masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה‎ Job 22:33, אִבָּנֶה‎ Genesis 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה‎ 30:3; 3feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה‎ Ezekiel 36:10; 2feminine 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. a. be built, (literal) of city Numbers 13:22; of temple 1 Kings 3:2 (י ׳לְשֵׁם‎) 6:7 (3 t. in verse); (with accusative mater.); Participle = to be built (gerundive) 1 Chronicles 22:19.

b. be rebuilt: of city of Sihon Numbers 21:27 compare Isaiah 25:2; 44:26, of wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah 7:1, of Jerusalem Jeremiah 30:18; 31:4, 38; Isaiah 44:28 compare Daniel 9:25 וְנִבְנְתָה תָּשׁוּב‎, & Ezekiel 26:14 (with עוֺד‎), of ruinous places (הֶחֳרָבוֺת‎) 36:10, 33, of a devoted city Deuteronomy 13:17 (c.עוֺד‎), of temple Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 1:16; 8:9, indefinite subject Job 12:14.

2. a. (figurative) of restored exiles, = established Jeremiah 12:16, of prosperous wicked Malachi 3:15, of repentant offender Job 22:23.

b. established, made permanent, subject חֶסֶד‎Psalm 89:3 (with עוֺלָם‎), subject בַּיִת‎ Proverbs 24:3 (by wisdom).

c. of childless wife, by means of concubine מִמֶּגָּה אִבָּנֶה‎ Genesis 16:2; 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, from or through her; compare Qal 2 a.

בּוּנִּי‎ see בֻּנִּי‎ below