Lexical Summary shenayim or shettayim: two (a cardinal number) Original Word: שְׁנַיִםTransliteration: shenayim or shettayim Phonetic Spelling: (shen-ah'-yim) Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: two (a cardinal number) Meaning: two (a cardinal number) Strong's Concordance both, couple, double, second, twainDual of sheniy; feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two. see HEBREW sheniy Brown-Driver-Briggs H8147. shenayim or shettayim שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנַ֫יִם, (PhilippiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note):768 noun masculine and feminine dual two (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician אשנם (and ׳שנ second), Punic שנם Lzb380; Arabic ; Sabean תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, (תִּנְיָנָא, second); Nabataean תרין, Palmyrene feminine תרתיא תרתן,, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etymology see √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21-98); — masculine (with masculine noun) שְׁנַיִם Amos 3:3 +; construct שְׁנֵי Isaiah 7:16 +, suffix שְׁנֵיהֶם Genesis 2:25 +, etc.; feminine (with feminine noun) שְׁתַּיִם Amos 4:8 +; construct שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Isaiah 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Judges 16:28 (see GFM); suffixes see below (2 10= 12, see below); Hexateuch chiefly P; — two: 1 no other number: a. usually construct before plural noun (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Genesis 24:22 19t. + 2 Samuel 23:20 "" 1 Chronicles 11:22 (insert ᵐ5 בְּנֵי Th modern, otherwise RSSemitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19 132t., 1 Samuel 10:4 insert כִּכְּרוֺת Klo HPS Bu Now; Leviticus 16:21 read dual יָדָיו Qr, + Judges 16:28 (see above) + שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה Isaiah 47:9 both these things; before singular noun, שְׁנֵי Exodus 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); suffix שְׁנֵיתֶם the two of them Genesis 2:25 62t., + Proverbs 24:22 (> their years ᵑ7 ᵑ6 De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Genesis 31:37 2t., שְׁנֵיכֶם 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135o) Ruth 1:19; 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן 1 Samuel 25:43; Ezekiel 23:13. b. absolute (1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 t.), before plural noun Judges 11:37 26t.; after plural noun 2 Samuel 1:1; Exodus 29:1+ 21 t. (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) Genesis 46:27; Numbers 7:17 11t. Numbers 17; noun omitted Genesis 7:2; 44:27 26t.; ׳שׁ ׳שׁ distributive 7:9 +; ׳לִשׁ cut in two 2 Kings 3:25; Jeremiah 34:18; = double amount Exodus 22:3; 22:6; 22:8 (E); שׁ ׳מִּי Deuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ 2 Kings 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ Zechariah 3:18; -2שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 t.) before plural noun 1 Kings 3:16 16t.; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2 Chronicles 24:3 9t.; noun omitted, = two things Isaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice 2 Kings 6:10; Job 40:5; Psalm 62:12 (or as Proverbs 30:7), ׳בִּשׁ Job 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal לְ שְׁתַּיִם בִּשְׁנַת 1 Kings 15:25 9t., etc.; (3) as round number, עֵצִים שְׁנַיִם 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; שָׁלשׁ שְׁתַּיִם Amos 4:8, וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם מַּעַם Nehemiah 13:20, compare Jeremiah 3:14 מִמִּשְׁמָּחָה וּשְׁנַיִם מֵעִיר אֶחָד = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kings 6:10. 2 twelve: with noun masculine עָשָׂר שְׁנֵים Genesis 42:13 87t., עָשָׂר לִשְׁנֵי Exodus 28:21 4t.; with noun feminine עֶשְׂרֵה שְׁתֵּים Exodus 24:4 34t., עֶשְׂרֵה שְׁתֵּי Ezekiel 32:1, 17; 33:21; before plural noun Genesis 17:20; Exodus 15:27 +; after plural noun Numbers 7:84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun Exodus 28:21 +, Genesis 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, עָשָׂר שְׁנֵים בְּיוֺם יוֺם Numbers 7:78, שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרֵה בִּשְׁתֵּי Ezekiel 32:1 +, etc. 3 with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 Samuel 8:5; Judges 10:3 56t.; 2 10(etc.) Numbers 1:35 (P), 2 Chronicles 22:2 18t. (Köii. 1. 215 ff. Ges§ 97f.); 200 2+ 30, 1 Kings 20:15; 502as ordinal 2 Kings 15:27 2t.; compare 2 + 20, 1 Chronicles 24:17. |