ܒܢܝܢܐ

Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān), بِنَايَة (bināya) and Hebrew בִּנְיָן (binyán).

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ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (binyānā) m (plural ܒܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (binyānē))

1. building, edifice

   ܐ݇ܣܝܼܩ ܠܝܼ ܠܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕܡܲܟ݂ܬܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ.

   sīq lī l-binyānā b-dipnā d-maḵtḇē.

   I went up to the building next to the offices.

   • Ephesians 2:21:

     ܒܝܼܹܗ ܟܠܹܗ ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܸܚܕܵܕܹܐ، ܘܟܹܐ ܓܲܪܘܸܣ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܗܲܝܟܠܵܐ ܡܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ ܒܡܵܪܝܵܐ.

     bīyēh kullēh binyānā pīšā ìlēh sīrā biḥdādē, w-kē garwis d-hāwē ḥa hayklā mqudšā b-māryā.

     In him the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

2. (by extension) apartment building, residential building

   ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܒܸܢܝܵܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܒܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܘܚܲܕ݇ܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܡܲܫܟܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܙܘܼܒܢܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ.

   tāzā ìnā binyā awa binyānā w-ḥarrēšā kullāyh mašknātē zubnē ìnā.

   They just built that building and it was immediately sold out.

• ܒܸܢܝܵܢ ܡܲܫܟܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ (binyān mašknātē, “apartment building”)

• ܡܲܒܢܝܵܐ (mabnyā, “structure”)

From the root ܒ-ܢ-ܐ (b-n-ʾ) related to building. Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān) and Hebrew בִּנְיָן (binyān).

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• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܒܢܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܢܝܢܐ)

1. building, edifice
2. (figuratively) upbuilding, edification; instruction

• “bnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 32a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 48a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 162b