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Hebrew wordlink #125200

OSHB Ruth 4:11 בָּנוּ (bānū) Strongs=1129 Lemma=‘בָּנָה’
contextual word gloss=‘they_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural

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Other uses (8) of identical word form בָּנוּ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָּנוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 4 different glosses: ‘people_had_built’, ‘they_built’, ‘they_had_built’, ‘they_rebuilt’.

GEN 11:5 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB GEN 11:5 word 9

OET-LV: 5 And_ YHWH _he/it _descended for_seeing DOM the_city and_DOM the_tower which the _children _of they _had _built the_humankind. (GEN_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the humans were building (GEN 11:5)

NUM 32:37 contextual word gloss=‘they_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB NUM 32:37 word 3

OET-LV: 37 And_the _sons of _Rəʼūⱱēn they _built DOM Ḩeshbōn and_DOM ʼElˊālēh and_DOM Qērəyātayim. (NUM_32:37)

OET-RV: 37 The Reuvenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriatayim, (NUM 32:37)

NUM 32:38 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB NUM 32:38 word 16

OET-LV: 38 And_DOM Nəⱱō and_DOM Baˊal Məˊōn changed _of name and_DOM Səⱱām and_they _called by_names DOM the _names _of the _cities which they _had _built. (NUM_32:38)

OET-RV: 38 Nevo, Baal -Meon, and Sibmah, but they renamed some of the cities. (NUM 32:38)

2 KI 16:18 contextual word gloss=‘people_had_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB 2 KI 16:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 And_DOM the _covered _structure _of of_the _sabbath which people _had _built in_house and_DOM the _entrance _of the_king (the)_outer he _removed the _house _of YHWH from_face/in _front _of the _king _of ʼAshshūr. (KI2_16:18)

OET-RV: 18 He also removed the canopy that had been built at the temple for use on the Rest Days, and blocked up the king’s outer entrance to the temple so that the Assyrian king couldn’t use it. (KI2 16:18)

NEH 3:3 contextual word gloss=‘they_rebuilt’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB NEH 3:3 word 4

OET-LV: 3 and_DOM the _gate _of the _fish(es) the _sons _of they _rebuilt of _(the)_Senaah they they_made _beams _for _it and_they _set _up doors _of_its bolts _of_its and_its _of_bars. (NEH_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 Hassena’ah’s son rebuilt the Fish Gate—laying the beams then installing the doors with their bolts and bars. (NEH 3:3)

NEH 12:29 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB NEH 12:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 And_from_household gilgal and_from_the _fields _of Geⱱaˊ and_ˊAzmāvet if/because villages they _had _built to/for_them the_singers around Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (NEH_12:29)

OET-RV: 29 They also came from Beyt-Gilgal, and from the fields of Geva and Azmavet, because the singers had built villages near Yerushalem to live in. (NEH 12:29)

JER 32:31 contextual word gloss=‘they_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB JER 32:31 word 13

OET-LV: 31 If/because on anger _of_my and_on rage _of_my it _has _been to/for_me the_city (the)_this (to)_from the_day when they _built it and_unto the_day the_this to_remove_it from_under face _of_my. (JER_32:31)

OET-RV: 31 ◙ (JER 32:31)

EZE 27:5 contextual word gloss=‘they_built’ word gloss=‘they_had_built’ OSHB EZE 27:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 Fir _trees from_Sənīr they _built to/for_you(fs) DOM all _of planks a _cedar from_Ləⱱānōn they _took for_doing a _mast on_you. (EZE_27:5)

OET-RV: 5 They made all your planks with cypress from Mt. Hermon (Senir).
⇔ They got a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. (EZE 27:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בָּנָה’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘people_had_built’, ‘they_built’, ‘they_had_built’, ‘they_rebuilt’, ‘we_have_come’.