Exodus 18:3:2Exod.18.3.W2TAB
שְׁנֵ֣י
shenei
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-NEI
- Extended
- sheh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʃəˈneː/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
she-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEI va-NE-ha
- clause
ve-ET she-NEI va-NE-ha
- sentence
ve-ET she-NEI va-NE-ha a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
Exegesis
The direct-object marker ve’et {וְאֵת | wə-ʾēt} ‘direct-object marker’ introduces shnei vaneha {שְׁנֵי בָנֶיהָ | šə-nê bā-nê-hā} ‘two her sons’ as the object of the preceding verb.
In context — Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:3, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵ֣י (shenei) 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.18.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.3.W2.S1) and character.