Genesis 1:16:3Gen.1.16.W3PAT
אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י
etshenei
“the two”
- Transliteration
- et-she-NEI
- Extended
- eht-sheh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃə.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the two
- French
- les deux
- Spanish
- los dos
- Portuguese
- os dois
- German
- die zwei
- Russian
- два
- Arabic-Simplified
- الاثنين
- Hindi
- दो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 两个
- Korean
- 두
- Indonesian
- kedua
- Bengali
- দুটি
- Tagalog
- dalawang
- Swahili
- mbili
- Amharic
- ሁለቱ
- Yoruba
- méjì
- Igbo
- abụọ
- Twi
- mmienu no
- Ewe
- eve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-she-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT
- clause
va-ya-AS e-lo-HIM et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT ha-ge-do-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS e-lo-HIM et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT ha-ge-do-LIM et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM
In context — Genesis 1:16
God {And He} made the two great luminaries greater the luminary to rule over the day lesser and the luminary to rule over the night and the stars
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י (etshenei) 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 Gen.1.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.16.W3.S1) and character.