בנה

From the root ב־נ־ה‎ (b-n-). Cognate with Arabic بَنَىٰ‎ (banā), Akkadian 𒆕 ( banû, DÙ, “build”), Aramaic ܒ݁ܳܢܶܐ‎ (bnā), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny).

• (בָּנָה) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈna/

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

1. (literally) To build, construct, raise, erect (a building, structure, or the like).
2. (figuratively) To prepare, raise, lay the foundation of, develop.
3. (בָּנֹה, banó) infinitive absolute of בָּנָה‎
   • 1 Kings 8:13, with translation of the King James Version:

     בָּנֹה בָנִיתִי בֵּית זְבֻל לָךְ

     banó vaníti bét z'vúl lách

     I have surely built thee an house to dwell in

4. (בֹּנֶה, boné) masculine singular present participle and present tense of בָּנָה‎
   • Micah 3:10, with Young's Literal Translation:

     בֹּנֶה צִיּוֹן בְּדָמִים

     boné tziyón b'damím

     Building up Zion with blood

5. (בְּנֵה, b'né) masculine singular imperative of בָּנָה‎
   • Numbers 23:1, with translation of the King James Version:

     בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת

     b'ne-lí vazé shiv'á mizb'chót

     Build me here seven altars

• “בנה” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN.
• H1129 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

בְּנָהּ • (b'náh)

1. Singular formal of בֵּן‎ (bén)‎ with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor.
   • Exodus 4:25, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת־עָרְלַת בְּנָהּ‎

     vatichrót et-orlát b'náh

     and cut off the foreskin of her son