הבנה
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ב־י־ן (b-y-n) |
Action noun of the verb הֵבִין (hevín).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ha.vaˈna/
Noun edit
הֲבָנָה • (havaná) f (plural indefinite הֲבָנוֹת, singular construct הֲבָנַת־) [pattern: הַקְטָלָה]
- an understanding, comprehension
- an insight, a concept
- an informal contract, mutual agreement
- a reconciliation of differences
- sympathy
Etymology 2 edit
In modern Hebrew from the Bible, where it is a hapax. Probably borrowed from Egyptian hbnj, itself of uncertain origin (possibly from Nubian).
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos) and all its derivatives, including ebony and أبنوس.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /hovˈne/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /hɔvˈnɛː/
Noun edit
הָבְנֶה • (hovnéh) m (plural indefinite הובנים / הָבְנִים)
- ebony, ebony tree
- Tanach, Ezekiel 27:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- בְּנֵי דְדָן רֹכְלַיִךְ אִיִּים רַבִּים סְחֹרַת יָדֵךְ קַרְנוֹת שֵׁן וְהָבְנִים הֵשִׁיבוּ אֶשְׁכָּרֵךְ
- Bənei Dədan rokhəláyikh, iyyim rabbim səkhorath yadekh; qarnoth shen vəhovnim heshívu eshkarekh.
- The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.
References edit
- H1894 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “הֲבָנָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 137a