Deuteronomy 21:17:8Deut.21.17.W8PAT

שְׁנַ֔יִם

shenayim

double

Transliteration
she-NA-yim
Extended
sheh-NAH-yeem
IPA
/ʃəˈnajim/

Meaning by language

English
double
French
double
Spanish
doble
Portuguese
duplo
German
doppelt
Russian
двойную
Arabic-Simplified
مضاعف
Hindi
दुहरा
Chinese-Simplified
双重
Korean
두 배
Indonesian
ganda
Bengali
দ্বিগুণ
Tagalog
doble
Swahili
mara mbili
Amharic
ድርብ
Yoruba
méjì
Igbo
ugboro abụọ
Twi
mmienu
Ewe
mavɔ eve

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Result
שְׁ + נַ֔ + יִם
she + na + yim
shenayim

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-NA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    PI she-NA-yim

  3. clause

    KI et-hah-be-KHOR ben-hah-seh-nu-AH ya-KEER la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO

  4. sentence

    KI et-hah-be-KHOR ben-hah-seh-nu-AH ya-KEER la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO KI-HU re-SHIT o-NO LO mish-PAT hah-be-kho-RAH

In contextDeuteronomy 21:17

but acknowledge the firstborn son of the unloved to give to him double a portion of all that is found to him for he firstfruits his strength his right of the firstborn

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:17, so the Hebrew word שְׁנַ֔יִם (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 Deut.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.17.W8.S1) and character.