Leviticus 24:6:3Lev.24.6.W3TAB
שְׁתַּ֥יִם
shetaim
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-TAIM
- Extended
- sheh-TAH-yim
- IPA
- /ʃəˈtajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-TAIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-TAIM ma-a-ra-KHOT
- clause
veh-sam-TA o-TAM she-TAIM ma-a-ra-KHOT SHESH ha-ma-a-RA-khet
- sentence
veh-sam-TA o-TAM she-TAIM ma-a-ra-KHOT SHESH ha-ma-a-RA-khet AL ha-shul-KHAN ha-ta-HOR lif-NEH Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase shetayim ma’arakhot {שְׁתַּ֥יִם מַֽעֲרָכ֖וֹת | šəṯáyim maʿă-rā-khōt} ‘two rows’ uses the cardinal numeral with a feminine plural noun to specify the arrangement.
In context — Leviticus 24:6
And you shall place them in two rows , six in each row, on the pure table before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 24:6, so the Hebrew word שְׁתַּ֥יִם (shetaim) 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.24.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.6.W3.S1) and character.