H1146 H1146
A building or constructed structure, used exclusively in Ezekiel's temple vision for walls and edifices of the eschatological sanctuary
A masculine noun (בִּנְיָן) meaning 'building' or 'structure,' likely a loan-word from Aramaic. It appears only in Ezekiel's visionary temple complex (chapters 40-42), where it designates both the enclosing wall of the sacred precinct (Ezek 40:5) and the rear building behind the temple proper (Ezek 41:12, 15). The narrow distribution — all seven occurrences in a single prophetic vision — marks this as specialized architectural terminology for describing sacred space.
Senses
1. building, structure — A constructed edifice or architectural structure, used in Ezekiel's temple vision to describe the enclosing wall (Ezek 40:5), the rear building (Ezek 41:12, 15), and other parts of the sacred complex (Ezek 42:1, 5, 10). The multilingual evidence consistently renders it with building terms — Spanish edificio, French bâtiment, German Gebäude — confirming a concrete architectural sense rather than an abstract notion of 'construction.' 7×
AR["الْ-بِنَاءِ", "الْبِنَاءِ", "بِنَاءً", "وَالْبِنَاءُ"]·ben["-ভবনের", "এবং-ভবন", "ভবন"]·DE["Gebaeude", "das-Gebaeude", "und-der-Gebaeude"]·EN["and-the-building", "building", "the-building"]·FR["bâtiment", "et-bâtiment"]·heb["בניין", "ה-בניין", "ו-ה-בניין"]·HI["इमारत", "और-इमारत", "भवन-के", "भवन-में"]·ID["bangunan", "bangunan-itu", "dan-bangunan-itu"]·IT["e-il-edificio", "edificio", "l'edificio"]·jav["Lan-bangunan", "bangunan", "bangunan-punika"]·KO["건물", "그-건물", "그-건물의", "그리고-그-건물이"]·PT["E-o-edifício", "a-construção", "do-edifício", "edifício", "o-edifício"]·RU["здания", "и-здание"]·ES["Y-el-edificio", "edificio", "el-edificio"]·SW["Na-jengo", "jengo", "ya-jengo"]·TR["ve-yapı", "yapı", "yapının"]·urd["اور-عمارت", "عمارت-کی", "عمارت-کے"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בִּנְיָן n.m. structure (loan-word = ܒܶܢܝܳܢ according to LagBN 205) applied a. to enclosing wall of Ezekiel’s temple Ez 40:5; b. to rear-building of same 41:12(×2), 15, but read prob. בִּנְיָה q.v.; so Sm Co; c. appar. to whole temple 42:1, 10 (Co reads הבית); cf. v 5 (del. Co);—Sm refers v 1 to enclosing wall, vid. a.