Numbers 13:23:12Num.13.23.W12TAB
בִּשְׁנָ֑יִם
bishnayim
“between two”
- Transliteration
- bish-NA-yim
- Extended
- bish-NAH-yeem
- IPA
- /biʃˈnajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- between two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
bish-NA-yim
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ad-NA-khal esh-KOL va-yikh-RE-tu mi-SHAM ze-mo-RA ve-esh-KOL a-na-VIM e-KHAD va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT bish-NA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ad-NA-khal esh-KOL va-yikh-RE-tu mi-SHAM ze-mo-RA ve-esh-KOL a-na-VIM e-KHAD va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT bish-NA-yim u-min-ha-ri-mo-NIM u-min-ha-te-e-NIM
Exegesis
The following waw-consecutive clause vayyissa'uhu bamot bishnayim {וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ בַּמּוֹט בִּשְׁנָיִם | wayyissa’ūhū bammōṭ bišnayīm} ‘and they carried it on a pole with two’ highlights the communal effort with the dual form.
Root and etymology
y-myod-mem
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Numbers 13:23
And they came to the Valley of Eshkol, and from there they cut down a branch and a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two ; they also took some pomegranates and some figs.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 13:23, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁנָ֑יִם (bishnayim) 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.13.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.23.W12.S1) and character.