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Hebrew
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *banay- (“to build”). Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā), Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm), Aramaic בְּנָא (bənā), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny).
Pronunciation
Verb
בָּנָה • (baná, bɔnɔ̂) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִבְנוֹת, passive counterpart נִבְנָה)
- (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- banó vaníti bet z'vúl lakh
bɔnô ḇɔnīṯī bēṯ zəḇul lɔḵ - I have surely built thee an house to dwell in
Tanach, Numbers 23:1, with translation of the King James Version:בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת- b'né-li vazé shiv'á mizb'khót
bənê-lī ḇɔzɛ̂ šiḇʕɔ̂ mizbəḥoṯ - Build me here seven altars
- (figuratively) to prepare, to raise, to lay the foundation of, to develop
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Etymology 2
Noun
בְּנָהּ • (bnah, bənɔh)
- 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- vatikhrót et-orlát bnah
wattiḵroṯ ʔɛṯ-ʕɔrlaṯ bənɔh - and cut off the foreskin of her son