Numbers 10:2:3Num.10.2.W3TAB
שְׁתֵּי֙
shtey
“two”
- Transliteration
- shtey
- Extended
- sh-TEY
- IPA
- /ʃteː/
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
shtey
- clause
a-SEH le-KHA shtey kha-tso-TSROT KE-sef mik-SHAH ta-a-SEH o-TAM
- sentence
a-SEH le-KHA shtey kha-tso-TSROT KE-sef mik-SHAH ta-a-SEH o-TAM ve-ha-YU le-KHA le-mik-RA ha-ey-DAH u-le-ma-SA et-ha-ma-kha-NOT
Exegesis
The phrase shtei khatsotserot {שְׁתֵּי חֲצֽוֹצְרֹ֣ת | šə-tê ḥă-ṣō-ṣer-ōṯ} uses a feminine numeral construct to quantify the trumpets, which are further defined by kesef miksha {כֶּ֔סֶף מִקְשָׁ֖ה | ke-sef miq-šā(h)} specifying silver and the hammered method.
In context — Numbers 10:2
Make for yourself two trumpets of silver and of hammered work; you shall make them, and they shall serve you for calling the assembly and for the departure of the camps.
About this coordinate
Numbers 10:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 10:2, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֵּי֙ (shtey) 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.10.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.10.2.W3.S1) and character.