betwixt

preposition (no other forms) (old use)

«betwixt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. tree →

In the lessons

in old stories used in the phrase «betwixt and between», meaning not quite one thing and not quite the other.

Examples

A steep mountain lay betwixt them. tree →
I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up. tree →
The river ran betwixt the two villages. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Old form of "between." In the primary lessons: in old stories used in the phrase «betwixt and between», meaning not quite one thing and not quite the other.

Examples

And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) tree →
Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) tree →
And Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee. (Torah GEN.31.51, JPS 1917) tree →
There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. (Writings JOB.9.33, JPS 1917) tree →
Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →
My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

In the middle of two things or people. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say between.

Examples

And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) tree →
It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am. (The Jungle Book) tree →
Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: between.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «betwixt» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«betwixt» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «betwixt» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«betwixt» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «betwixt» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«betwixt» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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