[
בַּ֫יִן]
substantive properly
interval, space between (
id.) — construct
בֵּין once
Isaiah 44:4 (Baer)
בֵּן,
בֵּינִי,
בֵּֽינְךָ,
בֵינֵךְ,
בֵּינוֺ (
בֵּינָיו †
Joshua 3:4;
Joshua 8:11 Qr); with plural suffix in plural form
בֵּינֵינוּ (
בֵּנֵינוּ), etc.; also
בֵּינוֺת †
Ezekiel 10:2 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 10:6 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 10:7 (twice in verse) (+
Ezekiel 1:13 Hi Ew etc. for
דְּמוּת),
בֵּינוֺתֵינוּ †
Genesis 26:28;
Joshua 22:34;
Judges 11:10,
בֵּינוֺתָם †
Genesis 42:23;
2 Samuel 21:7;
Jeremiah 25:16; dual
בֵּנַיִם (see below); —
1. always (except dual) as
preposition in the interval of, between (so Aramaic
בֵּין, & plural
בֵּינֵי,
,
;
), as
Genesis 15:17 בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים between the pieces,
Exodus 13:9 and elsewhere
בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ between thy eyes (see
עַיִן),
Isaiah 22:11 and elsewhere
between the two walls (see
חוֺמָה),
Job 24:11;
Job 30:7;
Job 40:30 [
Job 41:6] part him
between merchants; rather more generally
among Hosea 13:15;
Songs 2:2,
3;
Ezekiel 19:2;
Ezekiel 31:3;
Job 34:37; less exactly
within Proverbs 26:13 a lion is
בֵּין הָֽרְחֹבוֺת within the board places (compare
Proverbs 23:13 בְּתוֺךְ): once with a singular (unusual)
Daniel 8:16 בֵּין אוּלַי between the Ulai, i.e. between its banks. When the space separating two distinct objects is to be indicated, this is done...
d. by
בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין †
Isaiah 59:2.
בֵּין is used not only of actual locality, but also with verbs of dividing (figurative)
Genesis 1:14;
Leviticus 10:10, and of judging, knowing, teaching, etc., if the idea of
distinguishing be involved, as
Genesis 16:5;
2 Samuel 19:36 הַאֵדַע בֵּין טוֺב לְרָע can I discern
between good and evil?
1 Kings 3:9;
Jonah 4:11;
Genesis 31:49 (watch
between),
Judges 11:10 (hear),
Joshua 22:27 (witness),
Isaiah 2:4 and he shall judge (arbitrate)
between the nations,
Isaiah 5:3;
Leviticus 27:33;
Ezekiel 44:23;
Malachi 3:18;
2 Chronicles 14:10 (see RV); and in other metaphoric applications, as of a covenant or sign
between two contracting parties,
Genesis 9:12,
15;
Exodus 31:13 +; or an oath
Genesis 26:28;
2 Samuel 21:7; enmity or strife
Genesis 3:15;
Genesis 13:7;
Deuteronomy 25:1;
Proverbs 6:19; peace
1 Kings 5:26 [
1 Kings 5:12]; good-will
Proverbs 14:9. — It is used of
time in the phrase of P
בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם (see below
עֶרֶב), &
Nehemiah 5:18 בֵּין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים during the interval of ten days, i.e. every ten days (unusual).
With other prepositions: —
b. †
בְּבֵן Isaiah 44:4 in the midst of, amongst (
Ew Di Che
כְּבֵין מַיִם חָצִיר).
d. †
מִבֵּין from between: Genesis 49:10 nor the ruler's staff
מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו from between his feet (where, as the king sits in state, he holds it),
Exodus 25:22 from between the cherubim (so
Numbers 7:89),
Hosea 2:4;
Zechariah 6:1;
Zechariah 9:7;
Deuteronomy 28:57 the after-birth
הַיּוֺצֵת מִבֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ that cometh forth
from between her feet, i.e. from her womb (compare Il. 19. 10
πεσεῖν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός) Repeated
2 Kings 16:14 to specify the two objects
from between which a thing is moved.
Ezekiel 47:18 is difficult and uncertain: see Commentaries. Less precisely
from, the midst of: Numbers 17:2 מִבֵּין הַשְּׂרֵפָה out of the midst of the burning,
Psalm 104:12 מִבֵּין עֳפָאִים from amongst the branches they utter their song,
Jeremiah 48:45 and a flame
מִבֵּין סִיחוֺן from the midst of Sihon (Sihon representing his people: but expression is singular; read perhaps
מִבֵּית ס׳, compare
Numbers 21:28 מִקִּרְיַת ס׳ : || in both passages
מֵחֶשְׁבּוֺן),
Ezekiel 37:21.
†2. Dual בֵּנַ֫יִם space between two armies (= Greek
μεταίχμιον), [
H1143 1 Samuel 17:4, 23]
אִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִם man of the μεταίχμιον, i.e. champion (of Goliath).
בֵּית feminine of
בַּיִן,
בֵּין (Nö
M 194 f.; Syriac
often, PS
470)
preposition between
Ezekiel 41:9b (to be joined with
Ezekiel 41:10; see RVm), unless indeed a mere error for
בֵּין (which Ezekiel often uses); also
Proverbs 8:2 accusative to
(
ἀνὰ μέσον)
Hi Ew
§217 g; and
Job 8:17 according to
Ew Di
1 (Di
2undecided).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H997.
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