Leviticus 20:13:9Lev.20.13.W9TAB
שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם
shneihem
“both of them”
- Transliteration
- shnei-HEM
- Extended
- shneh-HEM
- IPA
- /ʃneˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- both of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
shnei-HEM
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The perfect verb a-su {עָשׂוּ | ʿā-sû} ‘they have done’ with shne-hem {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šə-nê-hem} ‘the two of them’ marks joint responsibility.
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם (shneihem) 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.20.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W9.S1) and character.