Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H1129בָּנָהba.nah
to buildPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
לִבְנ֣וֹת (בְנ֣וֹת) v.Not “build”
But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
לִבְנ֥וֹת (בְנ֥וֹת) v.Not “build”
But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.
תִבְנֶ֖ה tiv.Neh “you will build”יִבְנֶ֥ה yiv.Neh “he will build”
And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
וָאֶבְנֶ֣ה (אֶבְנֶ֣ה) 'ev.Neh “I have built”
But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:
בָּנִֽיתִי׃ ba.Ni.ti “I have built”
Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is tru
בָּנִֽיתִי׃ ba.Ni.ti “I have built”
If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:
בָּנִ֥יתִי ba.Ni.ti “I have built”
If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you
בָּנִ֥יתִי ba.Ni.ti “I have built”
Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,
בָּנָ֧ה ba.Nah “he built”
He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.
בָּנָ֥ה ba.Nah “he rebuilt”
And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;
וַיִּ֥בֶן (יִּ֥בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah “he built”
And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;
וַיִּ֜בֶן (יִּ֜בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.
לִבְנ֤וֹת (בְנ֤וֹת) v.Not “build”
Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are hol
בָּֽנָה־ ba.nah- “he had built”
Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,
בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah “he had built”
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,
בָּנָֽה׃ ba.Nah “he had built”
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
וַיִּ֧בֶן (יִּ֧בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
וַיִּ֧בֶן (יִּ֧בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
וַיִּ֛בֶן (יִּ֛בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on
נִבְנֶ֣ה׀ niv.Neh “let us build”וַיִּבְנ֖וּ (יִּבְנ֖וּ) i.yiv.Nu “they built”
In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.
וַיִּ֖בֶן (יִּ֖בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.
מִבְּנ֖וֹת (בְּנ֖וֹת) be.Not “building”
Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.
בָּנָ֖ה ba.Nah “he had built”וַיִּ֣בֶן (יִּ֣בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.
וַיִּ֧בֶן (יִּ֧בֶן) i.Yi.ven “he built”
And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (יִּבְנ֨וּ) i.yiv.Nu “they have built”