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Binyan in Hebrew is בִּנְיָן (binyán).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

בִּנְיָן
binyán
noun · masculine
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In English

binyan

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with B

These are the Hebrew words for binyan as a noun.

in Semitic languages, a verb template into which root consonants can be slotted

This is more about the Hebrew word בִּנְיָן.

Written with vowel points
בִּנְיָן
Written without vowel points
בניין
Said
binyán
Plural
בניינים
Its meanings in English
binyan, building, building, construction, a conjugation pattern, a construction

The Hebrew dictionary's page for בניין, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with binyan.

These words come before and after binyan in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨binyan⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨binyan⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨binyan⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨בִּנְיָן⁩, said binyán. Without vowel points it is written ⁨בניין⁩. Its plural is ⁨בניינים⁩.

Is ⁨בניין⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨בניין⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨בניין⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨binyan⁩, ⁨בניין⁩ can mean ⁨building, building, construction, and a conjugation pattern, a construction⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry binyan and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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