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Hebrew
Etymology
From the root ב־נ־ה (b-n-). Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān, “building”).
Pronunciation
Noun
בניין / בִּנְיָן • (binyán) m (plural indefinite בניינים / בִּנְיָנִים, singular construct בניין / בִּנְיַן־, plural construct בנייני / בִּנְיְנֵי־)
- A building.
- כמה אנשים גרים בבניין? ― káma anashím garím babinyán? ― How many people live in the building?
- Ezekiel 42:5:
וְהַלְּשָׁכוֹת הָעֶלְיוֹנֹת קְצֻרוֹת כִּי־יוֹכְלוּ אַתִּיקִים מֵהֵנָה מֵהַתַּחְתֹּנוֹת וּמֵהַתִּכֹנוֹת בִּנְיָן׃- v'hal'shakhót ha'elyonót k'tsarót ki-yokh'lú atikím meihéna meihatakhtonót umeihatikhonót binyán.
- Now the upper chambers shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
- Building, construction: the act of constructing.
- פועל בניין ― po'él-binyán ― a (male) construction worker
- (grammar) A conjugation pattern; a construction.
- (בִּנְיַן־, binyán-) Singular construct state form of בניין / בִּנְיָן.
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