הבנה
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ha.vaˈna/
Noun
הֲבָנָה • (havaná) f (plural indefinite הֲבָנוֹת, singular construct הֲבָנַת־)
- an understanding, comprehension
- an insight, a concept
- an informal contract, mutual agreement
- a reconciliation of differences
- sympathy
Etymology 2
In modern Hebrew from the Bible, where it is a hapax. Probably borrowed from Egyptian hbnj, itself of uncertain origin (possibly from Nubian).
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos) and all its derivatives, including ebony and أبنوس.
Pronunciation
References
- H1894 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN
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