וַ/יִּ֨בֶן֙

𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤍

vayiven

and he built

a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

H1129

2 Kings 21:3 · Word #2

Lexicon H1129

Lemmaבָּנָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤍𐤄
Transliterationbânâh
Strong'sH1129
In-contextand he built

Morphology HC/Vqw3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H1129-60

and he built

Morphological NotesVerb; Qal stem; wayyiqtol (waw-consecutive imperfect) 3ms; narrative past sequence form from בָּנָה.
Rendering RationaleThe verb is Qal wayyiqtol (waw-consecutive imperfect) 3rd masculine singular, indicating a completed past narrative action performed by a single male subject. "And he built" preserves the simple active force of the Qal stem and reflects the masculine singular subject inherent in the morphology.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root בנה (building, constructing, establishing, founding, building up (household or lineage))

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H68-02 avanayv his building-stones
H68-04 avanim building-stones
H68-05 aven a building-stone

Word Usage (377 occurrences of H1129)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:22 וַ/יִּבֶן֩ vayiven and built
Genesis 4:17 בֹּ֣נֶה boneh building
Genesis 8:20 וַ/יִּ֥בֶן vayiven and built