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H0995בִּיןbin

to understandPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 5
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 4
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. 8
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 23
  19. 26
  20. 34
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 20
  24. 7
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. 22
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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170 occurrences in 162 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Nehemiah 8:2

    And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

    מֵבִ֣ין me.Vin “[one who] understood”

  2. Nehemiah 8:3

    And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the La

    וְהַמְּבִינִ֑ים (מְּבִינִ֑ים) me.vi.Nim “[ones who] understood”

  3. Nehemiah 8:7

    Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, even the Levites, caused the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.

    מְבִינִ֥ים me.vi.Nim “[were] causing to understand”

  4. Nehemiah 8:8

    And they read in the book, in the Law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

    וַיָּבִ֖ינוּ (יָּבִ֖ינוּ) i.ya.Vi.nu “they understood”

  5. Nehemiah 8:9

    And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of t

    הַמְּבִינִ֨ים (מְּבִינִ֨ים) me.vi.Nim “were causing to understand”

  6. Nehemiah 8:12

    And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

    הֵבִ֙ינוּ֙ he.Vi.nu “they had understood”

  7. Nehemiah 10:29

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one th

    מֵבִֽין׃ me.Vin “[one who] understands”

  8. Nehemiah 13:7

    and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

    וָאָבִ֣ינָה (אָבִ֣ינָ) 'a.Vi.na “I perceived”

  9. Job 6:24

    Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

    הָבִ֥ינוּ ha.Vi.nu “explain”

  10. Job 6:30

    Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?

    יָבִ֥ין ya.Vin “does it discern”

  11. Job 9:11

    Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.

    אָבִ֥ין 'a.Vin “I will perceive”

  12. Job 11:11

    For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?

    יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ yit.bo.Nan “he shows himself attentive”

  13. Job 13:1

    Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

    וַתָּ֥בֶן (תָּ֥בֶן) Ta.ven “it has understood”

  14. Job 14:21

    His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.

    יָבִ֥ין ya.Vin “he perceives”

  15. Job 15:9

    What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

    תָּ֝בִ֗ין ta.Vin “do you understand?”

  16. Job 18:2

    How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

    תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ ta.Vi.nu “you will consider”

  17. Job 23:5

    I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.

    וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה (אָבִ֗ינָה) 'a.Vi.nah “I want to understand”

  18. Job 23:8

    Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

    אָבִ֥ין 'a.Vin “I perceive”

  19. Job 23:15

    Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.

    אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן 'et.bo.Nen “I consider”

  20. Job 26:14

    Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?

    יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ yit.bo.Nan “will he understand”

  21. Job 28:23

    God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.

    הֵבִ֣ין he.Vin “he understands”

  22. Job 30:20

    I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.

    וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן (תִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן) tit.Bo.nen “you have considered carefully”

  23. Job 31:1

    I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?

    אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן 'et.bo.Nen “will I look carefully”

  24. Job 32:8

    But it is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty, that giveth them understanding.

    תְּבִינֵֽם׃ (תְּבִינֵֽ) te.vi.Ne “[which] it gives understanding”

  25. Job 32:9

    It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that discern judgment.

    יָבִ֥ינוּ ya.Vi.nu “they understand”