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1 Kings 7:2

“He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּנָהbânâh · baw-naw'
H1129 · Hebrew
Definition
to build (literally and figuratively)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּ֜בֶן — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 377 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:22Genesis 4:17Genesis 8:20Genesis 10:11Genesis 11:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּנָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.