2 Kings 14:22:22 Kgs.14.22.W2TAB
בָּנָ֣ה
bana
“built”
- Transliteration
- ba-NA
- Extended
- baa-NAA
- IPA
- /baˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
ba-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ba-NA et-e-LAT
- clause
HU ba-NA et-e-LAT va-ye-shi-VE-ha li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
HU ba-NA et-e-LAT va-ye-shi-VE-ha li-ye-hu-DA a-kha-RE she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh im-a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The main action is expressed first by banah {בָּנָ֣ה | bānāh} ‘built’ and then by wayyeshibeha {וַיְשִׁבֶ֖הָ | wayyăšîḇehā}, a vav-consecutive form that advances the storyline with a second, consequent act: restoring the city to Judah.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־הbet–nun–heh
“to build, establish”
In context — 2 Kings 14:22
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 14:22, so the Hebrew word בָּנָ֣ה (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 2 Kgs.14.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.22.W2.S1) and character.