Joshua 14:3:4Josh.14.3.W4TAB
שְׁנֵ֤י
shenei
“of the two”
- Transliteration
- she-NEI
- Extended
- sheh-NEI
- IPA
- /ʃəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the 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
na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT
- clause
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN
- sentence
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN ve-la-le-vi-YIM lo-na-TAN na-kha-LA be-to-KHAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase naḥălāt šə-nê hammattōt wa-ḥaṣṣî hammattēh {נַחֲלַת שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה | naḥă-lāṯ šə-nê ham-mattōt wa-ḥaṣ-ṣî ham-mattēh} ‘inheritance of two tribes and half the tribe’ uses the dual marker šə-nê {שְׁנֵי | šə-nê} ‘two of’ plus wa-ḥaṣṣî {וַחֲצִי | wa-ḥaṣ-ṣî} ‘and half’ to specify tribal portions.
In context — Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance to two tribes and to the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he did not give an inheritance among them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 14:3, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵ֤י (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 Josh.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.3.W4.S1) and character.