The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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kn a01

  1 thus, so Com. --(a) ܘܟܸܢ : but Syr. --(b) ܡܛܘܠ ܟܢ : therefore Syr. --(c) ܠܐ ܟܢ : how much less so Syr.
  2 then (see also s.vv. lkn, btrkn) Syr, Man.
  3 a kin ḏ in such a manner that Man.

byn p01

byn, byny (bēn, baynay, bēnē) prep. between, among

The distribution of the forms in the Standard literary Aramaic tradition is as follows: The independent form is bēn, but bēnē before plural pronominal suffixes. In PTA, LJLA, and the Babylonian dialects the back-formation ביני becomes the normal independent form. In Syriac onlyܒܲܝܢܲܝ , and this form (as opposed to byt, bynt) is used in our database in older texts almost always only when used in the byny ... l_ construction. In Sam. ביני is relatively rare as an independent form.

  1 between, among Com. --(a) בין ידי : into the hands of (i.e., equivalent to byd elsewhere) PTA, CPA. (a.1) in the possession of CPA, Syr. --(b) לביני : among (allative) JBA. (b.1) מלבין : among a large group, out of Sam. --(c) מביני : from among : see s.v. mn byny .
  2 with two explicit end points Com. --(a) byn ... wbyn ... . --(b) byn ... wl_... Syr.
  3 בין ... בין : whether ... or JLAtg, Gal.