Exodus 16:22:7Exod.16.22.W7TAB
שְׁנֵ֥י
shenee
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-NEE
- Extended
- sheh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
she-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEE ha-O-mer
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-shi-SHI lak-TU LE-khem mish-NEH she-NEE ha-O-mer la-e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-shi-SHI lak-TU LE-khem mish-NEH she-NEE ha-O-mer la-e-KHAD va-ya-VO-u kol-ne-si-EE ha-eh-DAH va-ya-GI-du le-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The construct chain lechem mishneh {לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה | le-ḥem miš-neh} ‘bread double’ indicates an enhanced allotment, with shenei haomer laechad {שְׁנֵי הָעֹמֶר לָאֶחָד | šə-nê hā-ʿō-mer lā-ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘two omers for each one’ specifying distribution.
In context — Exodus 16:22
On the sixth day they gathered twice the usual portion of bread—two omers for each person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 16:22, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵ֥י (shenee) 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 Exod.16.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.22.W7.S1) and character.