בְּנָא

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations.

Ezra 4:12

• בָּנַ֔יִןbanayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: building

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

Ezra 4:13

• תִּתְבְּנֵ֔אtitbene'verb · hothpaal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be built

We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

Ezra 4:16

• תִּתְבְּנֵ֔אtitbene'verb · hothpaal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be built

Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

Ezra 4:21

• תִתְבְּנֵ֔אtitbene'verb · hothpaal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be built

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

Ezra 5:2

• לְמִבְנֵ֔אlemivne'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to build

At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Ezra 5:3

• לִבְּנֵ֔אlibene'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to build

They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”

Ezra 5:4

• בָּנַֽיִן׃banayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: building

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

Ezra 5:8

• מִתְבְּנֵא֙mitbene'verb · hothpaal, participle · masculine singulartagged: being built

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Ezra 5:9

• לְמִבְנְיָ֔הlemivneyahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to build

And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Ezra 5:11

• וּבָנַ֤יִןuvanayinconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and building
• בְנֵ֜הvenehverb · passive (qal passive), participle · masculine singulartagged: built
• בְּנָ֖הִיbenahiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he built it

In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Ezra 5:13

• לִבְּנֵֽא׃libene'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to build

and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’

Ezra 5:15

• יִתְבְּנֵ֥אyitbene'verb · hothpaal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be built

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

Ezra 5:16

• מִתְבְּנֵ֖אmitbene'verb · hothpaal, participle · masculine singulartagged: being built

Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Ezra 5:17

• לְמִבְנֵ֛אlemivne'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to build

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

Ezra 6:3

• יִתְבְּנֵ֔אyitbene'verb · hothpaal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be built

Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

Ezra 6:7

• יִבְנ֥וֹןyivnonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them build

I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

Ezra 6:8

• לְמִבְנֵ֖אlemivne'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to build

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

Ezra 6:14

• בָּנַ֣יִןbanayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: building
• וּבְנ֣וֹuvenoconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they built

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Daniel 4:30

• בֱנַיְתַהּ֙venaytahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I built it