Leviticus 20:12:7Lev.20.12.W7TAB
שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם
sheneihem
“both of them”
- Transliteration
- she-NEI-hem
- Extended
- sheh-NEE-hem
- IPA
- /ʃəˈneː.hɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- both of them
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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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
she-NEI-hem
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem TE-vel a-SU de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The dual pronoun sheneihem {שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם | šə-nē-hem} ‘the two of them’ marks shared culpability.
In context — Leviticus 20:12
Any man who lies with his daughter-in-law shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion , and their blood shall be upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:12, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם (sheneihem) 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 Lev.20.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.12.W7.S1) and character.