שָׁדַ֤יִם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁדַ֤יִם

   sha-DA-YIM

   breasts
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שָׁדַ֤יִם נָכֹ֙נוּ֙

   sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu

   breasts were established or were formed
3. clause🔊 שָׁדַ֤יִם נָכֹ֙נוּ֙ וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ צִמֵּ֔חַ וְאַ֖תְּ עֵרֹ֥ם וְעֶרְיָֽה׃

   sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA

   breasts were established or were formed and your hair sprouted or grew and you {feminine singular} naked and bare or exposed
4. sentence🔊 רְבָבָ֗ה כְּצֶ֤מַח הַשָּׂדֶה֙ נְתַתִּ֔יךְ וַתִּרְבִּי֙ וַֽתִּגְדְּלִ֔י וַתָּבֹ֖אִי בַּעֲדִ֣י עֲדָיִ֑ים שָׁדַ֤יִם נָכֹ֙נוּ֙ וּשְׂעָרֵ֣ךְ צִמֵּ֔חַ וְאַ֖תְּ עֵרֹ֥ם וְעֶרְיָֽה׃

   re-va-VA ke-TSE-makh ha-sa-DE ne-ta-TIKH va-tir-BI va-tig-de-LI va-ta-VO-i ba-a-DI a-da-YIM sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA

   myriad or ten thousand like a sprout or plant the field I gave you or set you and you became many or increased and you grew and you came into or as far as ornaments or adornments breasts were established or were formed and your hair sprouted or grew and you {feminine singular} naked and bare or exposed

Exegesis

The dual noun shadayim {שָׁדַיִם | šā-ḏā-yim} ‘breasts’ with the Nifal perfect nakhonu {נָכֹנוּ | nā-ḵō-nû} marks physical formation, and the phrase usearekh tsimeach {וּשְׂעָרֵךְ צִמֵּחַ | u-šə-‘ā-rêḵ ṣi-mē-aḥ} ‘and your hair grew’ further signals maturation.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־ד־דš-d-d

“breast, nourish”

• 🔊 שָׁדshadbreastGenesis 49:25