1 Kings 18:23:21 Kgs.18.23.W2TAB
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 pa-RIM
- clause
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu she-NA-yim pa-RIM ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD vi-nat-te-KHU-hu ve-ya-SI-mu al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO ya-SI-mu
- sentence
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu she-NA-yim pa-RIM ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD vi-nat-te-KHU-hu ve-ya-SI-mu al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO ya-SI-mu va-a-NI e-e-SE et-hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD ve-na-TAT-ti al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO a-SIM
Exegesis
The numeral shenayim {שְׁנַיִם | še-nă-yim} appears in the dual to specify exactly two animals.
In context — 1 Kings 18:23
And let them give us two bulls , and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and place it on the wood , but let them not put fire on it. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood, but I will not put fire on it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:23, 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.18.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.23.W2.S1) and character.