Number: 611
Proto-Semitic: *bVyVn-
Meaning: 'understand; distinguish; make clear'
Ugaritic: bn 'entender, observar con atención' DLU
Phoenician: bn
Hebrew: byn 'understand, see; pay attention to' HAL 122
Aramaic: Palm byn
Judaic Aramaic: byn 'make clear'
Syrian Aramaic: byn pa.
Mandaic Aramaic: bwn 'distinguish, learn'
Arabic: byn 'be clear', II 'make clear'
Epigraphic South Arabian: bwn 'understand'
Geʕez (Ethiopian): bayyana 'distinguish'
Notes: Sometimes compared with Sem *bayn- 'link (n.); between', see *bawVn-/*bayVn- 'rope, band'.
