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# betwixt

preposition (no other forms) (old use)

«betwixt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betwixt/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories used in the phrase «betwixt and between», meaning not quite one thing and not quite the other.

### Examples

- A steep mountain lay betwixt them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betwixt/#x1)
- I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betwixt/#x2)
- The river ran betwixt the two villages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betwixt/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Old form of "between." In the primary lessons: in old stories used in the phrase «betwixt and between», meaning not quite one thing and not quite the other.

### Examples

- And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x1)
- Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x2)
- And Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee. (Torah GEN.31.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x3)
- There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. (Writings JOB.9.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x4)
- Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x5)
- My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

In the middle of two things or people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betwixt/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say between.

### Examples

- And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betwixt/#x1)
- It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am. (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betwixt/#x2)
- Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betwixt/#x3)

### Note

Today: between.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «betwixt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betwixt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«betwixt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/betwixt.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «betwixt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/betwixt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«betwixt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/betwixt.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «betwixt» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betwixt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«betwixt» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/betwixt.html) on Mova free.