Lexical Definition

‎שָׁנִי‎ shânîy (shaw-nee') scarlet ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

crimson, scarlet (thread).

• crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it

1) scarlet, crimson
1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson

See Greek: κόκκινος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁנִי‎₄₂ noun [masculine] scarlet (properly coccus ilicis, which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of quercus coccifera; the dried body of female yields colouring matter; compare Tristr^{NHB 319} Post^{Hast. DB SCARLET} M'Lean^{Ency. Bib. id}.); — usually ‎׳‎‎תִּקְוַת שָׁ‎ ‎הַזֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎חוּט הַשּׁ‎ Josh 2:18 this cord of thread of scarlet, ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ vJosh 2:21, ‎׳‎‎חוּט הַשּׁ‎ Song 4:3 (simile of lips); so ‎׳‎‎(הַ)שּׁ‎ alone Gen 38:28; Gen 38:30 (J), and as material of clothing 2Sam 1:24; Jer 4:30; Prov 31:21 (plural ‎שָׁנִים‎; on order of ll. see Toy); plural also in simile Isa 1:18 if your sins are like scarlet (robes); elsewhere (P) ‎׳‎‎תּוֺלַעַת (הַ)שּׁ‎ (see ‎׳‎‎ת‎) of material for curtain, veil, ephod, etc., Exod 25:4; Exod 26:1 + 24 t. Exodus; ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בֶּגֶד ת‎ Num 4:3 (see II. ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 2); construct ‎׳‎‎שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ‎ used in purification, Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52; Num 19:6.

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