בֵּנַיִם

1. always (except dual) as preposition in the interval of, between (so Aramaic בֵּין, & plural בֵּינֵי, , ; ), as 1 Mos 15,17 בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים between the pieces, 2 Mos 13,9 and elsewhere בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ between thy eyes (see עַיִן), Es 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; Hoj 2,2; Hoj 2,3; Ezk 19,2; Ezk 31,3; Job 34,37 less exactly within Ord 26,13 a lion is בֵּין הָֽרְחֹבוֺת within the board places (compare Ord 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 1 Mos 13,3 בֵּין בֵּיתְאֵל וּבֵין הָעָ֑י literally in the interval of Bethel, and in the interval of `Ai, i.e. between Bethel and `Ai, 1 Mos 16,14; 1 Mos 17,7; 1 Mos 31,50; 1 Mos 31,51 + often
\ \ b. more rarely by בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְ, 1 Mos 1,6 dividing בֵּין מַיִם לָמָ֑יִם literally in the interval of waters with reference to waters, i.e. between the waters and the waters, 3 Mos 20,25; 3 Mos 27,33; 5 Mos 17,8 (3 t. in verse); 2 Sam 19,36; 1 Kong 3,9; Ezk 41,18; Ezk 42,20; Ezk 44,23 (twice in verse); Jon 4,11; Mal 3,18 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 14,10.
\ \ c. by בֵּין ֗֗֗ וּלְ Joel 2,17.
\ \ d. by בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין Es 59,2. בֵּין is used not only of actual locality, but also with verbs of dividing (figurative) 1 Mos 1,14; 3 Mos 10,10, and of judging, knowing, teaching, etc., if the idea of distinguishing be involved, as 1 Mos 16,5; 2 Sam 19,36 הַאֵדַע בֵּין טוֺב לְרָע can I discern between good and evil ? 1 Kong 3,9; Jon 4,11; 1 Mos 31,49 (watch between), Dom 11,10 (hear), Jos 22,27 (witness), Es 2,4 and he shall judge (arbitrate) between the nations, Es 5,3; 3 Mos 27,33; Ezk 44,23; Mal 3,18; 2 Kron 14,10 (see RV); and in other metaphoric applications, as of a covenant or sign between two contracting parties, 1 Mos 9,12; 1 Mos 9,15; 2 Mos 31,13 +; or an oath 1 Mos 26,28; 2 Sam 21,7 enmity or strife 1 Mos 3,15; 1 Mos 13,7; 5 Mos 25,1; Ord 6,19 peace 1 Kong 5,26 good-will Ord 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 Ezk 31,10; Ezk 31,14. So אֶלבֵּֿינוֺת לְ ib. Ezk 10,2.
\ \ b. בְּבֵן Es 44,4 in the midst of, amongst (ᵐ5 Ew Di Che כְּבֵין מַיִם חָצִיר).
\ \ c. עַלבֵּֿין nearly as אֶלבֵּֿין Ezk 19,11
\ \ d. מִבֵּין from between: 1 Mos 49,10 nor the ruler's staff מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו from between his feet (where, as the king sits in state, he holds it), 2 Mos 25,22 from between the cherubim (so 4 Mos 7,89), Hos 2,4; Zak 6,1; Zak 9,7; 5 Mos 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 Kong 16,14 to specify the two objects from between which a thing is moved. Ezk 47,18 is difficult and uncertain: see Commentaries Less precisely from, the midst of: 4 Mos 17,2 מִבֵּין הַשְּׂרֵפָה out of the midst of the burning, Sl 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 4 Mos 21,28 ׳מִקִּרְיַת ס: || in both passages מֵחֶשְׁבּוֺן), Ezk 37,21.
\ \ e. מִבֵּינוֺת לְ from between Ezk 10,2; Ezk 10,6 (twice in verse); Ezk 10,7.

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