1 Kings 15:23:81 Kgs.15.23.W8TAB
בָּנָ֔ה
bana
“he built”
- Transliteration
- ba-NA
- Extended
- baa-NAA
- IPA
- /baːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he built
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-NA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-NA
- clause
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA RAK le-ET zik-na-TO kha-LA et-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The phrase wehe‘arim asher banah {וְהֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה | wə-hē-ʿā-rîm ă-šer bā-nāh} ‘and the cities which he built’ extends this summary.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet-Nun-Heh
“build”
In context — 1 Kings 15:23
The remaining acts of Asa—his might, what he did, and the cities he built—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Yet in his old age , he became diseased in his feet.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 15:23, so the Hebrew word בָּנָ֔ה (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.15.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.23.W8.S1) and character.