1 Kings 17:12:141 Kgs.17.12.W14TAB
שְׁנַ֣יִם
shenayim
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-NA-yim
- Extended
- sheh-NAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ʃəˈnajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
she-NA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
she-NA-yim E-tsim
- clause
ve-hin-NE me-ko-SHE-shet she-NA-yim E-tsim u-va-TI va-a-si-TI-hu LI ve-liv-NI va-a-khal-NU-hu va-MAT-nu
- sentence
va-to-MER KHAI-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-LI ma-OG KI im-me-LO kaf-KE-makh ba-KAD u-me-AT-SHE-men ba-tsa-PA-khat ve-hin-NE me-ko-SHE-shet she-NA-yim E-tsim u-va-TI va-a-si-TI-hu LI ve-liv-NI va-a-khal-NU-hu va-MAT-nu
In context — 1 Kings 17:12
And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake; I have only a handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the jug, and behold, I am gathering two sticks so that I may prepare it for my son and myself, and we shall eat it and die.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 17:12, so the Hebrew word שְׁנַ֣יִם (shenayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.17.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.12.W14.S1) and character.