וּבֵ֣ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבֵ֣ין

   u-VEN

   and between
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן

   u-VEN ha-shir-YAN

   and between the breastplate or armor coat
3. clause🔊 וְאִ֗ישׁ מָשַׁ֤ךְ בְּקַשְׁתּוֹ֙ לְתֻמּוֹ֔ וַיַּכֶּה֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בֵּ֥ין הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן

   ve-ISH ma-SHAKH be-kash-TO le-tum-MO va-yak-KE ET-me-LEKH yis-ra-EL BEN ha-de-va-KIM u-VEN ha-shir-YAN

   and a man drew with his bow at his simplicity or at random and he struck {direct object} the king of Israel between the scale pieces and between the breastplate or armor coat
4. sentence🔊 וְאִ֗ישׁ מָשַׁ֤ךְ בְּקַשְׁתּוֹ֙ לְתֻמּוֹ֔ וַיַּכֶּה֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בֵּ֥ין הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לְרַכָּב֜וֹ הֲפֹ֧ךְ יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

   ve-ISH ma-SHAKH be-kash-TO le-tum-MO va-yak-KE ET-me-LEKH yis-ra-EL BEN ha-de-va-KIM u-VEN ha-shir-YAN va-yo-MER le-ra-kha-VO ha-FOKH YAD-kha ve-ho-tsi-E-ni min-ha-ma-kha-NE KI ha-kho-LEI-ti

   and a man drew with his bow at his simplicity or at random and he struck {direct object} the king of Israel between the scale pieces and between the breastplate or armor coat and he said to his chariot driver turn your hand and bring me out from the camp for I am wounded or I have been made sick

Exegesis

ubeïn {בֵּין … וּבֵין | bēn … u-bēn} together with haddevaqim {הַדְּבָקִים | ha-də-vaq-îm} and haširyan {הַשִּׁרְיָן | ha-šir-yān} form a binomial expression specifying the wound’s location in the armor gap.