[
בַּ֫יִן] 
substantive properly 
interval, space between (
 id.
 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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