While the preposition 'between' appears hundreds of times throughout Scripture, this particular substantival use with the definite article treats the interval itself as a concrete thing. In 1 Samuel 17, it identifies the space between the battle lines where Goliath positioned himself—the 'between place' or no-man's-land where champions fought. The usage highlights how Hebrew could turn the relational concept of 'between-ness' into a specific geographical referent, the gap or interval that separated the opposing forces.