What does בְּנָא (bĕnāʾ) mean in the Bible?
בְּנָא (bĕnāʾ): Encompasses both literal construction and metaphorical establishment of institutions, relationships, and God's covenantal purposes with Israel
Hebrew · H1124
בְּנָא
To build
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בְּנָא H1124
Pronunciation bĕnāʾ
What does בְּנָא (bĕnāʾ) mean in the Bible?
בְּנָא (bĕnāʾ): Encompasses both literal construction and metaphorical establishment of institutions, relationships, and God's covenantal purposes with Israel
Full entry for בְּנָא (H1124) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1124?
The BSB source-word alignment has 22 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to rebuild (5), be rebuilt (3), built (3), is rebuilt (2), and are rebuilding (1).
Where does בְּנָא (bĕnāʾ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ezra 4:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezra (21), Daniel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to rebuild 5× Ezra 5:2, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:13
be rebuilt 3× Ezra 4:21, Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:3
built 3× Ezra 5:11, Ezra 6:14
is rebuilt 2× Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:16
and are rebuilding 1× Ezra 4:12
and we are rebuilding 1× Ezra 5:11
are constructing 1× Ezra 5:4
are rebuilding it 1× Ezra 5:8
building 1× Ezra 6:14
have built 1× Daniel 4:30
it has been under construction 1× Ezra 5:16
rebuild 1× Ezra 6:7
who are rebuilding 1× Ezra 6:8
Show sample aligned rows
Ezra 4:12 בָּנַ֔יִן to and are rebuilding Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Ezra 4:13 תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א to is rebuilt Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Ezra 4:16 תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א to is rebuilt Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Ezra 4:21 תִתְבְּנֵ֔א to be rebuilt Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Ezra 5:2 לְמִבְנֵ֔א to to rebuild Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Ezra 5:3 לִבְּנֵ֔א to to rebuild Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Ezra 5:4 בָּנַֽיִן׃ to are constructing Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Ezra 5:8 מִתְבְּנֵא֙ to are rebuilding it Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular Ezra 5:9 לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה to to rebuild Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Ezra 5:11 וּבָנַ֤יִן to and we are rebuilding Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ezra 4:12
Aligned rows 22
Books represented 2
Ezra 21 Daniel 1
Source forms
תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א 2x tiṯ·bə·nê Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:16
בְנֵ֜ה 1x ḇə·nêh Ezra 5:11
בְּנָ֖הִי 1x bə·nā·hî Ezra 5:11
בָּנַ֔יִן 1x bā·na·yin Ezra 4:12
בָּנַ֣יִן 1x bā·na·yin Ezra 6:14
בָּנַֽיִן׃ 1x bā·na·yin Ezra 5:4
בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ 1x ḇĕ·nay·ṯah Daniel 4:30
וּבְנ֣וֹ 1x ū·ḇə·nōw Ezra 6:14
Parsing patterns
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 6x Ezra 5:2, Ezra 5:3, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:13
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular 3x Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:21
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 3x Ezra 4:12, Ezra 5:4, Ezra 6:14
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:3
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular 2x Ezra 5:8, Ezra 5:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural 1x Ezra 6:14
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 1x Ezra 5:11
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Ezra 6:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Encompasses both literal construction and metaphorical establishment of institutions, relationships, and God's covenantal purposes with Israel
Source Gloss
to build
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Encompasses both literal construction and metaphorical establishment of institutions, relationships, and God's covenantal purposes with Israel
to build BDB: build Usage: build, make.
Word Origins
בְּנָא is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain