H0995–בִּין–bin

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

מֵבִ֣ין me.Vin “[one who] understood”

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [ergänzt: attentive] to the book of the law.

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

And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people [ergänzt: stood] in their place.

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

And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [ergänzt: them] to understand the reading.

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

And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

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

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

הֵבִ֙ינוּ֙ he.Vi.nu “they had understood”

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge [ergänzt: and] having understanding,

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

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

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

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

הָבִ֥ינוּ ha.Vi.nu “explain”

Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

יָבִ֥ין ya.Vin “does it discern”

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [ergänzt: him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

אָבִ֥ין 'a.Vin “I will perceive”

For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [ergänzt: man] doth not consider it;

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

Lo, mine eye hath seen all [ergänzt: this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.

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

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

יָבִ֥ין ya.Vin “he perceives”

What knowest thou that we know not? [ergänzt: what] understandest thou which is not in us?

תָּ֝בִ֗ין ta.Vin “do you understand?”

How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ ta.Vi.nu “you will consider”

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

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

Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

אָבִ֥ין 'a.Vin “I perceive”

Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.

אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן 'et.bo.Nen “I consider”

Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

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

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:

הֵבִ֣ין he.Vin “he understands”

I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.

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

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

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

But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

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

It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

יָבִ֥ינוּ ya.Vi.nu “they understand”