banah, “to build,” strong’s H1129

First occurrence

And the rib, which YHVH Elohiym had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her to the man. Gen 2:22

Original Hebrew

Strong’s H1129 בנה banah, a primitive root meaning, “to build, to erect” (as a house or temple). The pictographs are bet + nun + hey:

bet ב = the house, thus house, household, family, in, within
nun נ , ן = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
hey ה = the man with upraised arms, thus look, reveal, wonder, worship, breath

During the era of the patriarchs, the women of the family made a new tent panel every year, that would be attached to the existing structure, replacing an older, worn tent panel. Thus over the course of several years the entire tent was renewed. This action of building the tent is described as the house (bet) continues (nun) to breathe (to live, hey). In the same way that the physical structure of the house continues by the addition of new tent panels, the biological household or family is renewed by the addition of sons.

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