Word: ביו
Representation: BYN
Transliteration: Bein
Preposition: "between"
Strong Concordance: H996
Exposition
The use of "between" (the Biblical Hebrew form) is quit interesting in Scripture. It designates a connection between two objects, whether it be a coming together, a going apart, or a stagnate immobility.
Examples are the making of the firmament, making a separation between the waters so that there would forever remain an upper and a lower waters, with the firmament being the division that keeps them apart.
Another use is the separation between the light and the darkness, which is a pulling apart, and again a maintenance of never coming together again, a pulling away. When one approaches, the other goes away, as in the description of day and night.
Or in Genesis 9:16, when the an everlasting covenant is made between the Elohim and every living creature on on land (post flood) that he won't do it again, like He did. This is connect between the Elohim and the creatures - a connection that will always being separate.
The last example is interesting in that the Elohim, like light and darkness, are treated as physical entities that are separate in location. It is something to consider whenever this Biblical word "between" appears - a distinction between two localized objects.
Examples are the making of the firmament, making a separation between the waters so that there would forever remain an upper and a lower waters, with the firmament being the division that keeps them apart.
Another use is the separation between the light and the darkness, which is a pulling apart, and again a maintenance of never coming together again, a pulling away. When one approaches, the other goes away, as in the description of day and night.
Or in Genesis 9:16, when the an everlasting covenant is made between the Elohim and every living creature on on land (post flood) that he won't do it again, like He did. This is connect between the Elohim and the creatures - a connection that will always being separate.
The last example is interesting in that the Elohim, like light and darkness, are treated as physical entities that are separate in location. It is something to consider whenever this Biblical word "between" appears - a distinction between two localized objects.
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