1 Kings 16:24:141 Kgs.16.24.W14TAB
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
va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
Root and etymology
ב־נ־הbet–nun–heh
“to build”
In context — 1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 16:24, 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.16.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.24.W14.S1) and character.