Leviticus 23:17:6Lev.23.17.W6TAB
שְׁנֵ֣י
shneh
“two”
- Transliteration
- SHNEH
- Extended
- SHNEH
- IPA
- /ʃneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHNEH
- phraseyour reading level
SHNEH ehs-ro-NEEM
- clause
mih-mosh-vo-TEE-khem ta-vi-U LE-khem te-noo-FA she-TAI-yim SHNEH ehs-ro-NEEM SO-let tih-YEE-NAH kha-METS teh-a-FEH-nah
- sentence
mih-mosh-vo-TEE-khem ta-vi-U LE-khem te-noo-FA she-TAI-yim SHNEH ehs-ro-NEEM SO-let tih-YEE-NAH kha-METS teh-a-FEH-nah bih-KOO-REEM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain shetayim shenei esronim solet {שְׁ֚תַּיִם שְׁנֵ֣י עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים סֹ֣לֶת | šĕṯayim šĕnê ʿeśrōnîm sōleṯ} specifies precise quantity and quality.
In context — Leviticus 23:17
From your dwellings you shall bring two loaves of fine flour as a wave offering of two tenths; they shall be leavened and baked as firstfruits to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 23:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵ֣י (shneh) 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.23.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.17.W6.S1) and character.