betwixt
part of speech
preposition (no other forms) (old use)
meaning for a pupil
Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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 →
- Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. (Writings JOB.9.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- A steep mountain lay betwixt them. tree →
- I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up. tree →
- The river ran betwixt the two villages. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.
- Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.
- And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
- Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
- There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Trees and pragmatics
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