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Ezra 4:12 בָּנַ֔יִן [they are] building

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.

Ezra 4:13 תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א it will be built

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

Here: 'Is rebuilt.' The verb is passive and in the future-looking tense, so the writers describe a building project they say is under way and will soon be finished.

Ezra 4:16 תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א it will be built

We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

Ezra 4:21 תִתְבְּנֵ֔א it will be built

Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

Ezra 5:2 לְמִבְנֵ֔א to build

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

Here: "To build." The Aramaic just says build. Many English versions put "rebuild," which fits the facts (Solomon's temple was destroyed in 586 BC), but the "re-" comes from the translators.

Ezra 5:3 לִבְּנֵ֔א to build

At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Ezra 5:4 בָּנַֽיִן׃ [are] building

They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”

Ezra 5:8 מִתְבְּנֵא֙ [is] being built

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

Here: 'Is being built'. This is a passive participle, describing work in progress at the time of the inspection. It does not mean already finished.

Ezra 5:9 לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה to build

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Ezra 5:11 וּבָנַ֤יִן בְנֵ֜ה בְּנָ֖הִי and [we are] building, built, he built it

And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Ezra 5:13 לִבְּנֵֽא׃ to build

In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Ezra 5:15 יִתְבְּנֵ֥א let it be built

and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’

Here: A passive verb with the force of a decree: 'let it be built', 'it is to be built'. This is the formal authorization the elders are appealing to. Verse 16 uses the same verb ('it has been under construction').

Ezra 5:16 מִתְבְּנֵ֖א [it is] being built

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

Ezra 5:17 לְמִבְנֵ֛א to build

Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Ezra 6:3 יִתְבְּנֵ֔א let it be built

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

Here: A passive verb used as an order: 'it is to be (re)built'. The verb is just 'build'. 'Rebuild' is implied because the temple had been destroyed in 586 BC.

Ezra 6:7 יִבְנ֥וֹן let them build

Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

Ezra 6:8 לְמִבְנֵ֖א to build

I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

Ezra 6:14 בָּנַ֣יִן וּבְנ֣וֹ [were] building, and they built

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

Here: A participle: 'were building', 'kept on building'. It pictures work in progress over the years from 520 to 515 BC, before the verse reaches the finished result.

Daniel 4:30 בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ I built it

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Here: "I built it." The verb covers building, rebuilding and enlarging. Babylon was more than a thousand years old. What Nebuchadnezzar did was rebuild and vastly expand it.