Hebrew

Preposition

בָּנוּ • ‎(bánu)

1. Form of ב־ ‎(b'-) including first-person plural personal pronoun as object.

Etymology 2

From the root ב־ו־ן in pa'al construction

Verb

בָּנוּ • ‎(bánu)

1. Third-person plural past tense (suffix conjugation) of בָּן ‎(bán).

Verb

בַּנּוּ • ‎(bánu)

1. First-person plural past tense (suffix conjugation) of בָּן ‎(bán).

Etymology 3

From the root ב־נ־ה in pa'al construction

Verb

בָּנוּ • ‎(banú)

1. Third-person plural past tense (suffix conjugation) of בָּנָה ‎(baná).

Verb

בְּנוּ • ‎(b'nú)

1. Masculine plural imperative of בָּנָה ‎(baná).

Etymology 4

בֵּן ‎(ben, “son”) +‎ ־וֹ ‎(o, “his, its”)

Noun

בְּנוֹ • ‎(b'no)

1. Singular construct form of בֵּן ‎(bén)‎ with third-person singular personal pronoun as possessor: his/its son
2. (poetic) Singular construct form of בֵּן ‎(bén)‎.
   • Numbers 23:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     קוּם בָּלָק וּשְׁמָע הַאֲזִינָה עָדַי בְּנוֹ צִפֹּר

     Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor

Usage notes

• Like other words that start with ב,‎ ג,‎ ד,‎ כ,‎ פ,‎ or ת, this term's initial letter takes a dagesh lene. In older texts, that dagesh is usually dropped when the word is preceded, in the same phrase, by a word ending in a mater lectionis; in modern texts, the dagesh is usually preserved even in such a case. Likewise, in older texts, the dagesh is always dropped when the word is prefixed by an indefinite ב־‏,‎ כ־‏,‎ or ל־‏, or by ו־‏; in modern speech, the dagesh is often preserved in such a case. (After the definite ב־‏,‎ כ־‏,‎ and ל־‏, and after the prefixes ה־‏,‎ מ־‏,‎ and ש־‏, there is a dagesh forte, as described in the usage notes for those prefixes.)

Anagrams

• בון,‎ נבו