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title: בֵּין — between · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בֵּין (lemma:בֵּין), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: between. BDB 1906: prep. between. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּין

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«בֵּין» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **between** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:בֵּין · **BDB:** בֵּין

### Glosses

between (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

between [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

prep. between [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** prep. between (BH \[בַּ֫יִן,\] בֵּין; 𝔗 בֵּין, בֵּינֵי; Syriac ܒܰܝܢܰܝ, ܒܰܝܢܳܬ ); Dn 7:5; c. sf. 3 pl. m. בֵּינֵיהוֹן v 8 Kt (Qr 3 pl. f. בֵּינֵיהֵן).

### Jastrow 1903

בֵּין: in the meantime the difference between [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** usu. pl. בֵּינֵי ch. same. Targ. Gen. I, 6; a. fr.—Ḥull. 114ᵃ; Sabb. 132ᵇ אתיא מִבֵּינַיָּיא from between the two (from both cases combined) it may be concluded.—מאי בֵינַיְיהוּ (abbr. מ"ב) wherein do they differ? איכא בינייהו (abbr. א"ב) they differ as to … B. Mets. 15ᵇ; a. v. fr.—ביני וביני a) in the meantime. Yeb. 71ᵇ; a. fr.—b) the difference between (these and other goods). Bets. 7ᵃ; a. fr.—Ḥull. 47ᵃ ההוא ב׳ וב׳ a case (of an abnormal lobe) between the normal lungs. \[Targ. Am. IX, 9 מִבֵּינָהּ, Var. מבינא, read מִבֵּינֵיה from between its meshes.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b5_5bc_5d9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/)

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וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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[Daniel 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.8/)

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מִשְׂתַּכַּ֨ל הֲוֵ֜ית בְּקַרְנַיָּ֗א וַ֠אֲלוּ קֶ֣רֶן אָחֳרִ֤י זְעֵירָה֙ סִלְקָ֣ת בֵּֽינֵיהֵ֔ן וּתְלָ֗ת מִן־קַרְנַיָּא֙ קַדְמָ֣יָתָ֔א אֶתְעֲקַ֖רָה מִן־קֳדָמַ֑הּ וַאֲל֨וּ עַיְנִ֜ין כְּעַיְנֵ֤י אֲנָשָׁא֙ בְּקַרְנָא־דָ֔א וּפֻ֖ם מְמַלִּ֥ל רַבְרְבָֽן׃

*Word for word:* considering I.was (in) the horns and lo! a.horn another small it.came.up between them and three of the horns (the) former they.were.uprooted from before it and lo! eyes like the.eyes of.(the) humankind \[were\].on the horn this and a.mouth speaking great.\[things\]

*JPS 1917:* I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.

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