How to say "between" in Arabic
CognateMeaningbetween
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَيْنَ
baynaבין
بين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בין
beinبِين
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ي-نHebrew root
ב-י-ןbayna and בין are the same word, from the root behind בינה and הבין — to discern is literally to see the space between things. baynī wa-baynak could drop straight into Genesis: בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ.
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In a phrase
بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَك
baynī wa-baynakביני ובינךbetween me and you