{"def":{"short":"to build (literally and figuratively)","long":["to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue",["(Qal)",["to build, rebuild","to build a house (ie, establish a family)"],"(Niphal)",["to be built","to be rebuilt","established (of restored exiles) (figuratively)","established (made permanent)","to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"bɔːˈn̪ɔː","ipa_mod":"bɑːˈnɑː","sbl":"bānâ","dic":"baw-NAW","dic_mod":"ba-NA"}}