2 Samuel 18:9:192 Sam.18.9.W19TAB
בֵּֽין
ben
“between”
- Transliteration
- BEN
- Extended
- BEEN
- IPA
- /beːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- between
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Exegesis
The Hofal imperfect vayyutan {וַיֻּתַּן | wa-yu-ṭṭān} ‘and he was left’ paired with the parallel prepositions bein ha-shamayim u-bein ha-aretz {בֵּין הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ | bēn ha-šā-ma-yim ū-bēn hā-ʾā-reṣ} conveys helpless suspension.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽין (ben) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.18.9.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W19.S1) and character.