בין

See also: בּין‎

Hebrew
Root
ב־י־ן‎ (b-y-n)

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَيْنَ‎ (bayna) and Aramaic 𐡁𐡉𐡍‎ (byn /bēn/).

Pronunciation

Preposition

בֵּין • (bēn)

  1. Between, among, amid.
    • a. 400 B.C.E., Exodus 31:17:
      ‏בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹת הִוא לְעֹלָם […]‎
      bēní uvḗn bənḗ yisraél ot hi lə'olám […]
      It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: […] [1]
    • (Can we date this quote?) prayer said at Havdalah:
      ‏ברוך אתה […] המבדיל בין קודש לחול, בין אור לחושך, בין ישראל לעמים, בין יום השביעי לששת ימי המעשה.‎‎
      barúch atá […] hamavdíl bēn qódesh ləḥól, bēn or ləḥóshech, bēn yisraél la'ammím, bēn yom hashəvi'í ləshéshet yəméi hamma'asé.
      Blessed are You […] who distinguish between holy and profane, between light and darkness, between Israel and the nations, between the seventh day (Saturday) and the six days of creation.
    • 2009 November 16, דליה מזור (Dalia Mazor), “בקרוב: כביש 1 ייסגר למשאיות בשעות הבוקר‎” (“Soon: Highway 1 closed to trucks in the morning”), in מעריבnrg:
      ‏ […] תיאסר נסיעת משאיות במשקל של יותר מ־12 טון, בקטע שבין שער הגיא ומחלף שורש לירושלים בין השעות 06:30 עד 09:30.‎‎
      […] tēasér nəsi'át massaiyyót bəmishkál shel yotér mi-12 ton, baqéta' shebēn shá'ar hagáy umeḥláf shóresh lirushaláyim bēn hasha'ót 06:30 'ad 09:30.
      […] Passage of trucks over 12 tons will be forbidden in the section [of Highway 1] between [at one end of the section] Sha'ar HaGai and Shoresh and [at the other end] Jerusalem between the hours of 06:30 and 09:30.

Usage notes
  • A variety of terms may separate the two elements introduced by בין‎. The most common is probably ל־‎ (l'-, “to”) — as in, bēn X l'-Y — but the above quotations also demonstrate ובין (uvḗn, “and between”) and עד‎ ('ad, “until”), and לבין (l'vḗn, “to between”) and ו־‎ (v'-, “and”) exist as well.

Inflection
Inflection table
Non-personal-pronoun-including form בֵּין‎ (bḗn)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
First person בֵּינִי‎ (bēní) בֵּינֵינוּ‎ (bēnḗnu)1
Second person בֵּינְךָ‎ (bēnchá) בֵּינֵךְ‎ (bēnéch) בֵּינֵיכֶם‎ (bēnēchém)1 בֵּינֵיכֶן‎ (bēnēchén)1
Third person בֵּינוֹ‎ (bēnó) בֵּינָהּ‎ (bēnáh) בֵּינָם‎ (bēnám)
בֵּינֵיהֶם‎ (bēnēhém)1		 בֵּינֵיהֶן‎ (bēnēhén)1
Notes
  1. The forms for the plural pronouns use the plural stem בֵּינֵי (bēnḗ).

Derived terms

Further reading

References
  1. Authorized King James translation (1611).

Anagrams

Yiddish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɪn/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German bine, from Old High German bini. Compare German Biene.

Noun

בין • (bin) f, plural בינען‎ (binen)

  1. bee

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

בין • (bin)

  1. first-person singular present of זײַן‎ (zayn).
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