Lexical Definition

‎בֻּנִּי‎ Bunnîy (boon-nee') Bunni ^N:N-M-P
or (fuller) בּוּנִי Bûwnîy (boo-nee'); from ‎בָּנָה‎; built

Bunni.

• § Bunni = "built"
• Bunni or Buni, an Israelite

1) a Levite in the time of Nehemiah
2) another Levite of earlier date

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בּוּנִּי‎ proper name, masculine see ‎בנה‎.

‎בֻּנִּי‎

proper name, masculine 1. Levites,
a. Neh 9:4, but read perhaps ‎בִּנּוּי‎ compare BeRy & see Neh 10:10*; Neh 12:8; Ezra 8:33
b. ‎בּוּנִּי‎ (‎בֶּן‎) Neh 11:15, but read perhaps ‎מִן בְּנֵי‎ etc. compare BeRy.

2. a chief of people Neh 10:16*, perhaps repetition of ‎בָּנִי‎ V:15 compare BeRy.

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