בניין
Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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ב־נ־ה (b-n-h) |
From the root ב־נ־ה (b-n-). Compare Arabic بُنْيَان (bunyān, “building”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /binˈjan/
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Noun
בניין / בִּנְיָן • (binyán) m (plural indefinite בניינים / בִּנְיָנִים, singular construct בניין / בִּנְיַן־, plural construct בנייני / בִּנְיְנֵי־)
- A building.
- כמה אנשים גרים בבניין? ― káma anashím garím babinyán? ― How many people live in the building?
- Ezekiel 42:5:
- וְהַלְּשָׁכוֹת הָעֶלְיוֹנֹת קְצֻרוֹת כִּי־יוֹכְלוּ אַתִּיקִים מֵהֵנָה מֵהַתַּחְתֹּנוֹת וּמֵהַתִּכֹנוֹת בִּנְיָן׃
- v'hal'shakhót ha'elyonót k'tsarót ki-yokh'lú atikím meihéna meihatakhtonót umeihatikhonót binyán.
- Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.[1]
- Building, construction: the act of constructing.
- פועל בניין ― po'él-binyán ― a (male) construction worker
- (grammar) A conjugation pattern; a construction.
- (בִּנְיַן־, binyán-) Singular construct state form of בניין / בִּנְיָן.
Derived terms
- בניין עירייה / בִּנְיַן עִרִיָּה (binyán 'iriyá)
See also
- (building): מִבְנֶה (mivné)
References
- The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC.
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