| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | bny. |
| DEFINITION: | To build, create. Assurbanipal, from Akkadian a ur-b ni-apli, Ashur (is) the creator of the heir, from b ni, bound form of participle of banû, to build (apli, heir; see pl). |
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