בניין

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Hebrew

Root
ב־נ־ה (b-n-h)
7 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān).

Pronunciation

Noun

בניין / בִּנְיָן (binyɔn, binyánm (plural indefinite בניינים / בִּנְיָנִים, singular construct בניין / בִּנְיַן־, plural construct בנייני / בִּנְיְנֵי־)

  1. 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׃
      wəhalləšɔḵōṯ hɔʕɛlyōnoṯ qəṣurōṯ kī-yōḵəlū ʔattīqīm mehenɔ̂ mehattaḥtonōṯ ūmehattiḵonōṯ binyɔn.
      Now the upper chambers shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.[1]
  2. building, construction
    פּוֹעֵל בנייןpōʕel binyɔn, po'él binyána (male) construction worker
  3. (grammar) a conjugation pattern, a construction

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