בָּנָה
Hebrew root verb meaning "he built." Lapide cites it as the root from which *banim* ("sons") derives, explaining the metaphor that families are built from sons as buildings from stones.
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Root verb from which banim derives
"from the root bana, that is, "he built"; for from sons as from stones the houses and families of parents are built"