בנה

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־נ־ה (b-n-h)
7 terms

Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā), Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm, “to build”), Aramaic בְּנָא (bənā), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny).

Pronunciation

Verb

בָּנָה • (bɔnɔ̂, baná) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִבְנוֹת, passive counterpart נִבְנָה)

  1. (literally) to build, to construct, to raise, to erect (a building, structure, or the like)
    • Tanach, 1 Kings 8:13, with translation of the King James Version:
      בָּנֹה בָנִיתִי בֵּית זְבֻל לָךְ
      bɔnô ḇɔnīṯī bēṯ zəḇul lɔḵ
      I have surely built thee an house to dwell in
    • Tanach, Micah 3:10, with Young's Literal Translation:
      בֹּנֶה צִיּוֹן בְּדָמִים
      bonɛ̂ ṣiyyōn bəḏɔmīm
      Building up Zion with blood
    • Tanach, Numbers 23:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת
      bənê-lī ḇɔzɛ̂ šiḇʕɔ̂ mizbəḥoṯ
      Build me here seven altars
  2. (figuratively) to prepare, to raise, to lay the foundation of, to develop
Conjugation
Conjugation of בָּנָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first בָּנִיתִי בָּנִינוּ
second בָּנִיתָ בָּנִית בְּנִיתֶם1 בְּנִיתֶן1
third בָּנָה בָּנְתָה בָּנוּ
present בּוֹנֶה בּוֹנָה בּוֹנִים בּוֹנוֹת
future first אֶבְנֶה נִבְנֶה
second תִּבְנֶה תִּבְנִי תִּבְנוּ תִּבְנֶינָה2
third יִבְנֶה תִּבְנֶה יִבְנוּ תִּבְנֶינָה2
imperative בְּנֵה בְּנִי בְּנוּ בְּנֶינָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced בָּנִיתֶם and בָּנִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

Noun

בְּנָהּ • (bənɔh, bnah)

  1. singular form of בֵּן (bén)‎ with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
    • Tanach, Exodus 4:25, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת־עָרְלַת בְּנָהּ
      wattiḵroṯ ʔɛṯ-ʕɔrlaṯ bənɔh
      and cut off the foreskin of her son
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