Numbers 4:8:5Num.4.8.W5TAB

שָׁנִ֔י

shani

Transliteration
sha-NI
Extended
shaa-NEE
IPA
/ʃaˈniː/

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Result
שָׁ + נִ֔י
sha + ni
shani

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-NI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    to-LA-at sha-NI

  3. clause

    u-far-SU a-lei-HEM BE-ged to-LA-at sha-NI ve-kis-SU o-TO be-mikh-SEH OR ta-KHASH

  4. sentence

    u-far-SU a-lei-HEM BE-ged to-LA-at sha-NI ve-kis-SU o-TO be-mikh-SEH OR ta-KHASH ve-sa-MU et-bad-DAV

Exegesis

The construct chain be-ged to-la-at sha-ni {בֶּגֶד תּוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי | be-ged to-lə-ʿaṯ šā-nî} ‘cloth of scarlet’ highlights the specified ritual material.

In contextNumbers 4:8

And they shall spread a cloth of scarlet over them, and they shall cover it with a covering of tachash skin, and they shall place its poles.

About this coordinate

Numbers 4:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 4:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁנִ֔י (shani) 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.4.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.8.W5.S1) and character.