Joshua 21:25:9Josh.21.25.W9TAB

שְׁתָּֽיִם׃

shteyim

two

Transliteration
shte-YIM
Extended
shteh-TAH-yeem
IPA
/ʃtəˈtajim/

Meaning by language

English
two

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Result
שְׁתָּֽ + יִם׃
shte + yim
shteyim

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    shte-YIM

  2. clause

    a-RIM shte-YIM

  3. sentence

    u-mi-ma-kha-TSIT mat-TEH me-na-SHEH et-ta-NAKH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-GAT-ri-MON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM shte-YIM

Exegesis

The nominal clause arim shtayim {עָרִים שְׁתָּיִם | ʿā-rîm šə-ṭā-yim} ‘cities two’ follows typical Hebrew noun-numeral order. Both reconstructions preserve the distributive syntax and iterative markers to mirror the parceling of each city and its grazing land.

In contextJoshua 21:25

And from half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pastureland and Gath-Rimmon and its pastureland, two cities .

About this coordinate

Joshua 21:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 21:25, so the Hebrew word שְׁתָּֽיִם׃ (shteyim) 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.21.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.25.W9.S1) and character.