1 Samuel 20:11:81 Sam.20.11.W8TAB
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם
shenehem
“both of them”
- Transliteration
- she-ne-HEM
- Extended
- sheh-neh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʃəneːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- both of them
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
she-ne-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-tsu she-ne-HEM
- clause
va-ye-tsu she-ne-HEM ha-sa-DE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-da-VID le-KHA ve-ne-TSE ha-sa-DE va-ye-tsu she-ne-HEM ha-sa-DE
Exegesis
In the second clause, the vav-consecutive vayyetzeu {וַיֵּצְאוּ | way-yē-ṣə-ʾū} ‘and they went out’ returns to the narrative voice, with shneihem {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šə-nê-hēm} ‘the two of them’ highlighting the dual subject. English word order adjusts the Hebrew parallelism for natural flow.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:11
And Jonathan said to David, “Come and let us go out into the field .” So they both went out into the field.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:11, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם (shenehem) 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 Sam.20.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.11.W8.S1) and character.