Genesis 11:5:7Gen.11.5.W7PAT
בָּנ֖וּ
banu
“built”
- Transliteration
- ba-NU
- Extended
- bah-NOO
- IPA
- /baː.ˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- built
- French
- construisirent
- Spanish
- construyeron
- Portuguese
- construíram
- German
- erbauten
- Russian
- построили
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَنَوْا
- Hindi
- बनाए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 建造
- Korean
- 지은
- Indonesian
- dibangun
- Bengali
- নির্মাণ করেছিল
- Tagalog
- itinayo
- Swahili
- walijenga
- Amharic
- ገነቡ
- Yoruba
- kọ́
- Igbo
- wuru
- Twi
- sii
- Ewe
- tu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
בָּ + נ֖וּ
↓
ba + nu
↓
banu
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-NU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-NU
- clause
a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH li-re-OT et-ha-IR ve-et-ha-mig-DAL a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM
In context — Genesis 11:5
LORD {And} descended to look at the city and the tower which sons of humanity built
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 11:5, so the Hebrew word בָּנ֖וּ (banu) 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 Gen.11.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.5.W7.S1) and character.