וּבֵ֖ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבֵ֖ין

   u-VEIN

   and between
2. clause🔊 וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

   u-VEIN ye-sha-RIM ra-TSON

   and between upright ones favor or acceptance
3. sentence🔊 אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

   e-vi-LIM ya-LITS a-SHAM u-VEIN ye-sha-RIM ra-TSON

   fools he scoffs or mocks guilt or guilt-offering and between upright ones favor or acceptance

Exegesis

The conjunction waw in uvein {וּבֵ֖ין | ū-vēn} “and among” introduces an antithetic clause: yesharim {יְשָׁרִ֣ים | yĕ-šā-rîm} “upright ones” functions as subject and ratson {רָצֽוֹן | rā-ṣôn} “favor” serves as predicate. This chiastic parallelism contrasts the habitual derision of the foolish with the reception of favor by the righteous. In translation, the qal imperfect is rendered as simple present (“deride,” “scoff”) to reflect ongoing action, and uvein is translated “but among” to signal contrast without adding an English article before “upright.”