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# betwixt

«betwixt» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **between: in the middle of two things or people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition (no other forms) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old form of "between." In the primary lessons: in old stories used in the phrase «betwixt and between», meaning not quite one thing and not quite the other.

### examples

- And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x1)
- Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x2)
- And Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee. (Torah GEN.31.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x3)
- There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. (Writings JOB.9.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x4)
- Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x5)
- My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x6)
- A steep mountain lay betwixt them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x7)
- I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x8)
- The river ran betwixt the two villages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x9)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.925/)
- [Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.978/)
- [And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.92/)
- [Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.87/)
- [There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.232/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «betwixt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.