Exodus 39:16:5Exod.39.16.W5TAB
וּשְׁתֵּ֖י
ooshetey
“and two”
- Transliteration
- oo-she-TEY
- Extended
- oo-sheh-TEE
- IPA
- /u.ʃə.ˈteːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
oo-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
A parallel nominal clause ushtei {וּשְׁתֵּי | ū-šᵗey} ‘and two’ governs tabbeot {טַבְּעֹת | ṭabbəʿōṯ} ‘rings’ with identical material specification.
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 39:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 39:16, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁתֵּ֖י (ooshetey) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.16.W5.S1) and character.