Exodus 39:16:2Exod.39.16.W2TAB
שְׁתֵּי֙
shetey
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-TEY
- Extended
- sheh-TEE
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈteːj/
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-TEY
- clause
va-ya-a-SU she-TEY mish-be-TSOT za-HAV oo-she-TEY tab-OT za-HAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU she-TEY mish-be-TSOT za-HAV oo-she-TEY tab-OT za-HAV va-yit-NU et-she-TEY ha-tab-ba-OT al-she-NEY ke-TSOT ha-KHO-shen
Exegesis
The numeral shtei {שְׁתֵּי | šᵗey} ‘two’ in construct governs mishbetsot {מִשְׁבְּצֹת | mišbəṣōṯ} ‘settings’, modified by zahav {זָהָב | zāhāv} ‘gold’.
In context — Exodus 39:16
And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and they placed the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 39:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֵּי֙ (shetey) 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.39.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.16.W2.S1) and character.