Leviticus 23:20:10Lev.23.20.W10TAB
עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י
alshnei
“with the two”
- Transliteration
- al-SHNEI
- Extended
- ahl-SHNEE
- IPA
- /ʕalˈʃneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the two
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
al-SHNEI
- clause
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM
- sentence
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM KO-desh yih-YU la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases al lehem habbikkurim {עַל לֶחֶם הַבִּכּוּרִים | ʿal-leḥem habbikkûrîm} ‘with the bread of the firstfruits’ and al-shenei kevasim {עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י כְּבָשִׂ֑ים | ʿal-šenê ke-ḇā-šîm} ‘with the two lambs’ specify the materials of the offering.
In context — Leviticus 23:20
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, with the two lambs, before the LORD as a wave offering. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 23:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׁנֵ֖י (alshnei) 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.23.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.20.W10.S1) and character.