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בִּנּוּי

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Binnui

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.30 § Binnui = "built up" 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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 SmListen 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 SmListen 16 but BeRy otherwise; compare further GrGeschichte.ii.2, 389.
3. Israelites of Ezra's time,
  a. Ezra 10:30
  b. Ezra 10:38.


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