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bynt (baynāṯ) prep. between, among
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among
Syr, LJLA
P Lv20:14↗ ܘܠܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܚܛܝܬܐ ܒܝܢܬܟܘܢ‏ : so that there not be sin among you ; TgProv15:31↗ בינת חכימי תיבית‏ : it shall lodge among the wise ; MegAntioch 6↗ עַמָא דיהודאי ٠٠٠ בֵינָתַנָא לאֵילָהַנָא לָא פָלְחִין ונימוסנא לָא עָבְדִין‏ : the Jewish people among us do not worship our gods or follow our customs
2
between
Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
Syr-RomLaw.36.14↗ ܐܢ ܢܗܘܐ ܦܘܪܫܢܐ ܒܝܢܬ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܐܢܬܬܐ‏ : if there be divorce between man and wife ; GregNysLR.207.6↗ ܐܦ ܒܝܢܬ ܚܡܝܡܘܬܐ ܠܩܪܝܪܘܬܐ܃ ܐܦ ܒܝܢܬ ܪܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܠܝܒܝܫܘܬܐ‏ : between warmth and cold and also between moistness and dryness ; BT Ket 28a(26)↗ לא אוקי רבא שליחא בינתיהו‏ : PN did not place a messenger between them ; PJ Num22:4↗ דהכין הווה תנאה בינתיהון למיהוי מלכין לפירקין מאילך ואילך‏ : thus there was a pact between them to be kings alternating from now on [or: every now and then?]
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See also s.v. byt, byny. Note that in LJLA it occurs only in TargProv and one time each in TgPsJ and MegAntioch where the meaning is clearly "among".
This is the plural form of byt prep., and in many Syriac texts there is a clear distinction between the use of byt for "between" and bynt (usually with syāmē!) for "among", hence we have here separated the two. Elsewhere the two may be used in close context simply for variation.
In Mandaic this form appears to be used in complementary distribution with binia when used with pronominal suffixes.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 141[68]DJBA: 203bTal Sam: 95Qumran: 34

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