8147. shenayim or shettayim
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shenayim or shettayim: two (a cardinal number)
Original Word: שְׁנַ֫יִם
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: shenayim or shettayim
Phonetic Spelling: (shen-ah'-yim)
Short Definition: two

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shanah
Definition
two (a card. number)
NASB Translation
1,052* (2), 1,222* (1), 112* (3), 12* (2), 12,000* (8), 120,000* (1), 122* (2), 172* (1), 2,172* (2), 2,322* (1), 2,812* (1), 20,000* (2), 212* (1), 22,000* (7), 22,034* (1), 22,200* (1), 22,273* (1), 232* (1), 242* (1), 32* (1), 32,000* (2), 32,200* (2), 32,500* (1), 372* (2), 392* (2), 42* (2), 42,000* (1), 52* (2), 52,700* (1), 62* (1), 62,700* (2), 642* (2), 652* (2), 72* (1), 72,000* (1), 822* (1), 832* (1), both (62), both* (7), couple (2), double (7), each other (1), few (1), forty-two* (3), pair (7), second (11), second time (1), sixty-two* (4), thirty-second* (2), thirty-two* (7), twelfth* (22), twelve* (93), twenty-second* (2), twenty-two* (10), twice (5), two (424), two on opposite (2), two things (4), two-tenths* (11), twos (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שְׁנַ֫יִם, שְׁתַּיִם (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 תרתן, תרתיא, 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 בְּנֵי ᵐ5 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 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Genesis 31:37 2t., שְׁנֵיכֶם Genesis 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135o) Ruth 1:19; Ruth 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; Genesis 44:27 26t.; ׳שׁ ׳שׁ distributive Genesis 7:9 +; ׳לִשׁ cut in two 2 Kings 3:25; Jeremiah 34:18; = double amount Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:8 (E); ׳מִּי שׁ 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 בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 Kings 15:25 9t., etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 Kings 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Amos 4:8, מַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Nehemiah 13:20, compare Jeremiah 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁמָּחָה = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kings 6:10.

2 twelve: with

noun masculine שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Genesis 42:13 87t., לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Exodus 28:21 4t.; with

noun feminine שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Exodus 24:4 34t., שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה Ezekiel 32:1,17; Ezekiel 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, יוֺם בְּיוֺם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Numbers 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 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.



Strong's
both, couple, double, second, twain

Dual 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

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