# H995 בִּין

בִּין (bîyn), Strong’s H995: to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand KJV: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform…. Occurs 169…

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*bîyn* — to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

KJV: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform…

Occurs 169 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בִּין vb. discern
- Qal
- 1 perceive
- 2 understand, know (with mind)
- 3 observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider (with attention)
- 4 have discernment, insight, understanding
- Niph. be intelligent, discreet, discerning, distinguish, have understanding
- Po. he attentively considereth him
- Hiph.
- 1 understand
- 2 give heed to, attend to, observe, discern
- 3 give understanding, make understand, teach
- Hithp.
- 1 shew oneself attentive, consider diligently
- 2 get understanding, understand
- 3 shew oneself to have understanding

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 41:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=33) — “Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
- [Genesis 41:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=39) — Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
- [Deuteronomy 1:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/1?v=13) — Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
- [Deuteronomy 4:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/4?v=6) — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear…
- [Deuteronomy 32:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=7) — Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders…
- [Deuteronomy 32:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=10) — He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the…
- [Deuteronomy 32:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=29) — Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- [1 Samuel 3:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/3?v=8) — The LORD called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli…
- [1 Samuel 16:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/16?v=18) — Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in…
- [2 Samuel 12:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=19) — But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said…