Numbers 1:39:4Num.1.39.W4TAB
שְׁנַ֧יִם
shenayim
“two”
- Transliteration
- she-NA-yim
- Extended
- sheh-NAH-yeem
- IPA
- /ʃəˈnajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
she-NA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
she-NA-yim ve-shi-SHIM
- clause
she-NA-yim ve-shi-SHIM E-lef u-SHE-va me-OT
- sentence
pe-ku-DEI-hem le-ma-TEH DAN she-NA-yim ve-shi-SHIM E-lef u-SHE-va me-OT
Exegesis
The cardinal sequence shnayim {שְׁנַ֧יִם | shə-nā-yim} ‘two’ + ve-shishim {וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים | və-šish-shim} ‘and sixty’ precedes elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ʾê-lef} ‘thousand’, and u-sheva {וּשְׁבַ֥ע | u-šə-va} ‘and seven’ precedes meot {מֵאֽוֹת | mē-ot} ‘hundreds’, yielding (2 + 60) × 1,000 + (7 × 100) = 62,700. In English the topical subject (‘registered men’) appears first, followed by the tribal locator and the combined numerical expression, thus preserving Hebrew emphasis and structure.
Root and etymology
ש-נ-י
“two, pair”
In context — Numbers 1:39
Their counted ones for the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 1:39, so the Hebrew word שְׁנַ֧יִם (shenayim) 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 Num.1.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.39.W4.S1) and character.