1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built
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H1124 — בְּנָה
be.nah · to build · Hebrew/Aramaic
19 tagged verse occurrences
Ezra 4:12 · בָּנַ֔יִןLet it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.Ezra 4:13 · תִּתְבְּנֵ֔אLet it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.Ezra 4:16 · תִּתְבְּנֵ֔אWe advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.Ezra 4:21 · תִתְבְּנֵ֔אNow, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.Ezra 5:2 · לְמִבְנֵ֔אThen Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.Ezra 5:3 · לִבְּנֵ֔אAt that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”Ezra 5:4 · בָּנַֽיִן׃They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”Ezra 5:8 · מִתְבְּנֵא֙Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.Ezra 5:9 · לְמִבְנְיָ֔הSo we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”Ezra 5:11 · וּבָנַ֤יִן · בְנֵ֜ה · בְּנָ֖הִיAnd this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.Ezra 5:13 · לִבְּנֵֽא׃In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.Ezra 5:15 · יִתְבְּנֵ֥אand instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’Ezra 5:16 · מִתְבְּנֵ֖אSo this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”Ezra 5:17 · לְמִבְנֵ֛אNow, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.Ezra 6:3 · יִתְבְּנֵ֔אIn the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,Ezra 6:7 · יִבְנ֥וֹןLeave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.Ezra 6:8 · לְמִבְנֵ֖אI hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.Ezra 6:14 · בָּנַ֣יִן · וּבְנ֣וֹSo the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.Daniel 4:30 · בֱנַיְתַהּ֙the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”