Deuteronomy 21:17:8Deut.21.17.W8TAB
שְׁנַ֔יִם
shenayim
“double”
- Transliteration
- she-NA-yim
- Extended
- sheh-NAH-yeem
- IPA
- /ʃəˈnajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- double
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
PI she-NA-yim
- clause
KI et-ha-be-KHOR ben-ha-se-nu-AH ya-KIR la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO
- sentence
KI et-ha-be-KHOR ben-ha-se-nu-AH ya-KIR la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO KI-HU re-shit O-no LO mish-PAT ha-be-kho-RAH
Exegesis
The noun phrase pi shenayim {פִּי שְׁנַיִם | pî shenayim} ‘mouth of two’ functions as an idiomatic expression for a double inheritance.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:17
But he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that is found to him, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁנַ֔יִם (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 Deut.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.17.W8.S1) and character.