Exodus 39:18:4Exod.39.18.W4TAB
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shetey
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-TEY
- Extended
- sheh-TEE
- IPA
- /ʃəˈteː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
she-TEY ha-a-vo-TOT
- clause
ve-ET she-TEY ke-TSOT she-TEY ha-a-vo-TOT nat-NU al-she-TEY ham-mish-be-TSOT
- sentence
ve-ET she-TEY ke-TSOT she-TEY ha-a-vo-TOT nat-NU al-she-TEY ham-mish-be-TSOT va-yit-NUM al-kit-FOT ha-e-FOD el-MUL pa-NAW
Exegesis
It then employs a paired numeral construct shtei ketsot shtei ha’avotot {שְׁתֵּי קְצוֹת שְׁתֵּי הָֽעֲבֹתֹות | šə-ṯê qǝ-ṣōṯ šə-ṯê hā-ʿă-ḇō-ṯōṯ} ‘the two ends of the two chains’, where each shtei distributes over ketsot and ha’avotot in parallel.
In context — Exodus 39:18
And they attached the two ends of the two chains to the two settings, and they placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 39:18, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֵּ֣י (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.39.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.18.W4.S1) and character.