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# בִּין

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H995

**discern** — used 170 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

discern [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/995/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בִּין: vb. Poʿl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/995/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. discern (Nö ZMG 1883, 532 f.; Arabic بَانَ become separated, be distinct, iv. speak perspicuously; Ethiopic በየነ: i. 2 consider, perceive, Aramaic ܒܰܝܶܢ make to understand, cf. Sab. בין (the) wise, as epith., Mordt ZMG 1876, 37)— Pf. בִּין Dn 10:1; בַּנְתָּה ψ 139:2; בִּינֹתִי Dn 9:2; Impf. יָבִין ψ 19:13 + 25 times; וְיָבֵן Je 9:11 + 2 times; וַיָּבֶן 1 S 3:8 + 2 times; אָבִינָה ψ 73:17 + 4 times; יָבִינוּ Pr 28:5 + 12 times; Imv. בִּין Dn 9:23; בִּינָה ψ 5:2; בִּינוּ Dt 32:7 + 2 times; Inf. abs. בִּין Pr 23:1; Pt. בָּנִים Je 49:7;— perceive (with the senses):— eyes, acc. Pr 7:7, with לְ Jb 9:11; 14:21; 23:8 Pr 14:15. ears, acc. Pr 29:19, with reflex. לְ Jb 13:1. touch, acc. ψ 58:10. taste, acc. Jb 6:30. understand, know (with mind):— abs. Jb 18:2; 38:20; 42:3 ψ 49:21; 82:5 Pr 24:12 Is 6:9, 10; 44:18 Dn 12:10 Ho 4:14; 14:10; שׁמעתי ולא אבין I heard but I could not understand Dn 12:8. acc. Jb 15:9; 23:5; 36:29 Pr 2:5, 9; 20:24; 28:5 ψ 19:13; 92:7 Je 9:11; יבין משׁפט Jb 32:9 Pr 28:5; יבין דעת Pr 29:7. with כִּי 1 S 3:8 2 S 12:19 Is 43:10. with inf. & לְ, יבין לָדָ֑עַת Is 32:4. observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider (with attention):— acc. Dt 32:7 ψ 5:2; 50:22; 94:7, 8 Pr 23:1; 21:29 (Qr) Dn 9:2; 10:1. with לְ, ψ 73:17; 139:2 Dt 32:29. with בְּ, Ezr 8:15 Ne 13:7 Dn 9:23. with אל, ψ 28:5. with עַל, Dn 11:30, 37. have discernment, insight, understanding Je 49:7. נְבֻנוֹתִי Is 10:13; Pt. נָבוֹן Gn 41:33 + 15 times; pl. נְבוֹנִים Je 4:22, elsewhere נְבֹנִים Dt 1:13 Is 5:22 (Baer) Ec 9:11; נְבֹנָיו Is 29:14; be intelligent, discreet, discerning, have understanding 1 S 16:18 Pr 1:5; 10:13; 14:6; 16:21; 17:28; 19:25 Ec 9:11 Is 3:3; 5:21; 10:13; 29:14 Je 4:22 Ho 14:10; לֵב נָבוֹן intelligent mind Pr 14:33; 15:14; 18:15; נָבוֹן וְחָכָם Gn 41:33, 39; חכם ונבון Dt 4:6 1 K 3:12; חכמים ונבנים Dt 1:13. Poʿl. יְבוֹנֲנֵהוּ he attentively considereth him Dt 32:10. Pf. הֵבִין Jb 28:23 + 5 times; Impf. יָבִין Is 28:9 + 4 times; וַיָּבֶן 2 Ch 11:23 Dn 9:22; Inf. הָבִין ψ 32:9 + 9 times; Imv. הָבֵן Dn 8:16 + 12 times; Pt. מֵבִין Pr 28:7 + 26 times;— understand:— abs. Is 29:16; 40:21; 56:11 1 K 3:11 ψ 32:9 Dn 8:17; 10:12. acc. 1 Ch 28:9 Jb 28:23 Pr 1:2, 6; 8:5; 14:8 Is 28:19 Dn 8:23 Mi 4:12; מֵבִין one with understanding Pr 8:9; 17:10, 24; 28:2, 7, 11; מְבִינֵי מַדָּע Dn 1:4; able to understand (i.e. old enough) Ne 8:3; 10:29, cf. 8:2 (sq. לִשׁמֹעַ). give heed to, attend to, observe, discern, abs. Is 57:1 2 Ch 11:23 Dn 8:5; c. בְּ Ne 8:12 Dn 9:23; 10:11; מֵבִין בְּ skilled in 2 Ch 26:5; 34:12; c. אֶל ψ 33:15; בין טוב לרע 1 K 3:9. give understanding, make understand, teach:— abs. Dn 8:27; 9:22. with acc. pers. ψ 119:34, 73, 125, 130, 144, 169 Jb 32:8 Ne 8:7, 9 Is 40:14. with לְ pers. 2 Ch 35:3 Dn 11:33; with לְ pers. & acc. rei Jb 6:24 Dn 8:16. בְּ rei Ne 8:8, + acc. pers. Dn 1:17. double acc. Is 28:9 ψ 119:27 Dn 10:14; מֵבִין teacher 1 Ch 15:22; 25:7, 8; 27:32 Ezr 8:16. Pf. הִתְבּוֹנָ֑ן Is 1:3 + 6 times; Impf. אֶתְבּוֹנֵן Jb 23:15 + 3 times; אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן Jb 32:12 + 5 times; יִתְבּוֹנְנוּ ψ 107:43 + 2 times; יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ Is 14:16; 43:18. shew oneself attentive, consider diligently:— abs. Jb 11:11; 23:15 Is 1:3 Je 2:10; 9:16. acc. Jb 37:14 ψ 107:43; 119:95 Is 43:18; 52:15. with אֶל 1 K 3:21 Is 14:16. with עַל Jb 31:1 ψ 37:10. with עד Jb 32:12; 38:18. with בְּ Jb 30:20 Je 30:24. get understanding, understand Je 23:20 Jb 26:14 (sq. acc.) ψ 119:104. shew oneself to have understanding ψ 119:100.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 162 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: understand (10); \[one who\] has understanding (7); understanding (7).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:130](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.130/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.130/#tree)

פֵּ֖תַח דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ יָאִ֗יר מֵבִ֥ין פְּתָיִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.opening your.words your it.gives.light \[it.is\].giving.understanding.to simple.people

*JPS 1917:* The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

[Job 32:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.9/#tree)

לֹֽא־רַבִּ֥ים יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗ים יָבִ֥ינוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* not many.\[people\] they.are.wise and old.\[people\] they.understand justice

*JPS 1917:* It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that discern judgment.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/995.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/995/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).