1 Kings 15:22:121 Kgs.15.22.W12TAB

בָּנָ֖ה

bana

he built, had built

Transliteration
ba-NA
Extended
baa-NAA
IPA
/baːˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
he built, had built

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ + נָ֖ה
ba + na
bana

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ba-NA

  3. clause

    ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA

  4. sentence

    ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA

Exegesis

The relative clause asher banah Baasha {אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א | ʾăšer bānāh baʿāšāʾ} links the materials to Baasha’s prior construction, highlighting a reversal: what one king erected is stripped and reassigned.

Root and etymology

consonantsbet–nun–heh

to build

In context1 Kings 15:22

King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timbers, with which Baasha had built; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 15:22, so the Hebrew word בָּנָ֖ה (bana) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.15.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.22.W12.S1) and character.