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bin´ū̇-ı̄ (×‘Ö¼× Ö¼×•Ö¼×™, binnuÌ„y, a proper name, “a building upâ€):
(1) A Levite, living in the time of Ezra (; ; ).
(2) One of the benē Paḥath-mō'abh who had taken foreign wives ( - Balnuus of 1 Esdras 9:31) and one of the , benē Bānı̄ () who had also intermarried.
(3) The son of Henadad, who built part of the wall of Jerusalem (), and sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (). In all probability he is identical with “Bavvai, the son of Henadad†mentioned in . “Bavvai†is either a corruption of “Binnui,†or is the name of the Levitical house of which Bavvai was the chief representative. Binnui is mentioned in as a leading Levite, and, besides, the names in these verses are obviously those of priests and Levites; so the former theory is probably correct.
(4) Head of a family who returned with Zerubbabel (; ).