בֵּנַיִם
benayim · space between
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1143 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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benayim (בֵּנַיִם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “space between”.
The space between two: the ground between two armies. "The man of the in-between" is the warrior who goes out into that space to fight alone for his army; so it is translated "the champion".
How to say it
be·na·yim
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The warrior who steps out between two armies to fight alone for all.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 17:4
The champion came out from the camps of the Philistines; Goliath was his name, of Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.
- 1 Samuel 17:23
As he was speaking with them, look, the champion was coming up —Goliath the Philistine was his name, of Gath— from the battle lines of the Philistines, and he spoke according to these words; and David heard.