Lexical Definition

‎בִּנּוּי‎ Binnûwy (bin-noo'-ee) Binnui ^N:N-M-P
from ‎בָּנָה‎; built up

Binnui.

• § Binnui = "built up"
• Binnui, an Israelite

1) an exile returnee with Zerubbabel, son of Henadad, who assisted at the reparation of the wall of Jerusalem, under Nehemiah
2) a Levite in time of Ezra, father of Noadiah
3) another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife
4) still another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife

Extended Information

spelling of: בָּנִי

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.10 also called Binnui at Neh.7.15
• Another spelling of ba.ni (‎ב‎ָּ‎נ‎ִ‎י‎ "Bani" בָּנִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בִּנּוּי‎

proper name, masculine 1. head of a family that returned with Zerubbabel Neh 7:15 (= ‎בָּנִי‎ || Ezra 2:10 & perhaps Ezra 10:34 compare Sm^{Listen 14}; but BeRy proposes here ‎בִּגְוַי‎).

2. a Levite of Ezra's time Ezra 8:33; Neh 10:10* (properly = ‎בָּנִי‎ Neh 8:7, ‎בֻּנִּי‎ Neh 9:4) Neh 12:8 compare Neh 3:24 (‎בַּוַי‎, textual error vNeh 3:18) see BeRy; also Ezra 2:40 = Neh 7:43 ‎לִבְּנֵי‎ read perhaps ‎לְבִנֻּי‎ compare Sm^{Listen 16} but BeRy otherwise; compare further Gr^{Geschichte.ii.2, 389.}

3. Israelites of Ezra's time,
a. Ezra 10:30
b. Ezra 10:38.

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