Lexical Definition

‎בֵּין‎ bêyn (bane) between ^H:A
(sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from ‎בִּין‎; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,

among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

• between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles)
• also as a conjunction, either...or

1) between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between

See Greek: μεσίτης · μέσος

Extended Information

meaning of: בֵּין

• : among
• A sub-meaning of ben (‎ב‎ַּ֫‎י‎ִ‎ן‎ ": between" בֵּין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: בֵּין
[‎בַּ֫יִן‎] substantive properly interval, space between ( id.) — construct ‎בֵּין‎ once Isa 44:4 (Baer) ‎בֵּן‎, ‎בֵּינִי‎, ‎ֵ˜בּינְךָ‎, ‎בֵינֵךְ‎, ‎בֵּינוֺ‎ (‎בֵּינָיו‎ Josh 3:4; Josh 8:11 Qr); with plural suffix in plural form ‎בֵּינֵינוּ‎ (‎בֵּנֵינוּ‎), etc.; also ‎בֵּינוֺת‎ Ezek 10:2 (twice in verse); Ezek 10:6 (twice in verse); Ezek 10:7 (twice in verse) (+ Ezek 1:13 ᵐ5 Hi Ew etc. for ‎דְּמוּת‎), ‎בֵּינוֺתֵינוּ‎ Gen 26:28; Josh 22:34; Judg 11:10, ‎בֵּינוֺתָם‎ Gen 42:23; 2Sam 21:7; Jer 25:16 dual ‎בֵּנַיִם‎ (see below); —

1. always (except dual) as preposition in the interval of, between (so Aramaic ‎בֵּין‎, & plural ‎בֵּינֵי‎, , ; ), as Gen 15:17 ‎בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים‎ between the pieces, Exod 13:9 and elsewhere ‎בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ‎ between thy eyes (see ‎עַיִן‎), Isa 22:11 and elsewhere between the two walls (see ‎חוֺמָה‎), Job 24:11; Job 30:7; Job 40:30* part him between merchants; rather more generally among Hos 13:15; Song 2:2; Song 2:3; Ezek 19:2; Ezek 31:3; Job 34:37 less exactly within Prov 26:13 a lion is ‎בֵּין הָֽרְחֹבוֺת‎ within the board places (compare Prov 23:13 ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎): once with a singular (unusual) Dan 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
a. most commonly by repeating ‎בין‎, as Gen 13:3 ‎בֵּין בֵּיתְאֵל‎ ‎וּבֵין הָעָ֑י‎ literally in the interval of Bethel, and in the interval of `Ai, i.e. between Bethel and `Ai, Gen 16:14; Gen 17:7; Gen 31:50; Gen 31:51 + often
b. more rarely by ‎בֵּין ֗֗֗ ‎ ‎לְ‎, Gen 1:6 dividing ‎בֵּין מַיִם לָמָ֑יִם‎ literally in the interval of waters with reference to waters, i.e. between the waters and the waters, Lev 20:25; Lev 27:33; Deut 17:8 (3 t. in verse); 2Sam 19:36*; 1Kgs 3:9; Ezek 41:18; Ezek 42:20; Ezek 44:23 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:11; Mal 3:18 (twice in verse); 2Chr 14:10*.
c. by ‎בֵּין ֗֗֗ וּלְ‎ Joel 2:17.
d. by ‎בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין‎ Isa 59:2. ‎בֵּין‎ is used not only of actual locality, but also with verbs of dividing (figurative) Gen 1:14; Lev 10:10, and of judging, knowing, teaching, etc., if the idea of distinguishing be involved, as Gen 16:5; 2Sam 19:36* ‎הַאֵדַע בֵּין‎ ‎טוֺב לְרָע‎ can I discern between good and evil ? 1Kgs 3:9; Jonah 4:11; Gen 31:49 (watch between), Judg 11:10 (hear), Josh 22:27 (witness), Isa 2:4 and he shall judge (arbitrate) between the nations, Isa 5:3; Lev 27:33; Ezek 44:23; Mal 3:18; 2Chr 14:10* (see RV); and in other metaphoric applications, as of a covenant or sign between two contracting parties, Gen 9:12; Gen 9:15; Exod 31:13 +; or an oath Gen 26:28; 2Sam 21:7 enmity or strife Gen 3:15; Gen 13:7; Deut 25:1; Prov 6:19 peace 1Kgs 5:26* good-will Prov 14:9. — It is used of time in the phrase of P ‎בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם‎ (see below ‎עֶרֶב‎), & Neh 5:18 ‎בֵּין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים‎ during the interval of ten days, i.e. every ten days (unusual).With other prepositions: —
a. ‎אֶלבֵּֿין‎, after a verb implying motion, in between, in among Ezek 31:10; Ezek 31:14. So ‎אֶלבֵּֿינוֺת לְ‎ ib. Ezek 10:2.
b. ‎בְּבֵן‎ Isa 44:4 in the midst of, amongst (ᵐ5 Ew Di Che ‎כְּבֵין מַיִם חָצִיר‎).
c. ‎עַלבֵּֿין‎ nearly as ‎אֶלבֵּֿין‎ Ezek 19:11
d. ‎מִבֵּין‎ from between: Gen 49:10 nor the ruler's staff ‎מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו‎ from between his feet (where, as the king sits in state, he holds it), Exod 25:22 from between the cherubim (so Num 7:89), Hos 2:4*; Zech 6:1; Zech 9:7; Deut 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 2Kgs 16:14 to specify the two objects from between which a thing is moved. Ezek 47:18 is difficult and uncertain: see Commentaries Less precisely from, the midst of: Num 17:2* ‎מִבֵּין הַשְּׂרֵפָה‎ out of the midst of the burning, Ps 104:12 ‎מִבֵּין עֳפָאִים‎ from amongst the branches they utter their song, Jer 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 Num 21:28 ‎׳‎‎מִקִּרְיַת ס‎: || in both passages ‎מֵחֶשְׁבּוֺן‎), Ezek 37:21.
e. ‎מִבֵּינוֺת‎ ‎לְ‎ from between Ezek 10:2; Ezek 10:6 (twice in verse); Ezek 10:7.

2. Dual ‎בֵּנַ֫יִם‎ space between two armies (= Greek μεταίχμιον), 1Sam 17:4; 1Sam 17:23 ‎אִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִם‎ man of the μεταίχμιον, i.e. champion (of Goliath).

‎בֵּית‎ feminine of ‎בַּיִן‎, ‎בֵּין‎ (Nö^{M 194 f.}; Syriac often, PS⁴⁷⁰) preposition between Ezek 41:9b (to be joined with vEzek 41:10 see RVm), unless indeed a mere error for ‎בֵּין‎ (which Ezekiel often uses); also Prov 8:2 accusative To ᵐ5 (ἀνὰ μέσον) ᵑ7 ᵑ9 Hi Ew^{§217 g}; and Job 8:17 according to ᵐ5 Ew Di¹ (Di^{2 undecided}).

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