Joshua 14:4:3Josh.14.4.W3TAB
שְׁנֵ֥י
shenei
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-NEI
- Extended
- sheh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʃəˈneː/
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 | |
| 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
she-NEI mat-TOT
- clause
ki-ha-YU ve-NEI-yo-SEF she-NEI mat-TOT me-na-SHEH ve-ef-RA-yim
- sentence
ki-ha-YU ve-NEI-yo-SEF she-NEI mat-TOT me-na-SHEH ve-ef-RA-yim ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM ba-A-retz KI im-a-RIM la-SHE-vet u-mig-re-SHE-hem le-mik-NE-hem u-le-kin-ya-NAM
Exegesis
The construct unit bnei-Yosef {בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵ֛ף | bənê-yôsēp̄} is immediately quantified by shnei mattot {שְׁנֵ֥י מַטּ֖וֹת | šənê maṭṭôṯ} and then specified by the apposition Menasheh wə-ʾephrāyim {מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה וְאֶפְרָ֑יִם | mənāššê wə-ʾephrāyim}, highlighting that Joseph’s inheritance is represented through two tribes.
In context — Joshua 14:4
For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, but only cities for dwelling and their pasturelands for their livestock and their possessions.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 14:4, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵ֥י (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.14.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.4.W3.S1) and character.