Lexical Definition

‎שְׁנַיִם‎ shᵉnayim (shen-ah'-yim) two ^H:N
dual of ‎שֵׁנִי‎; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim (shet-tah'-yim)

both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

• two
• also (as ordinal) twofold

1) two
1a) two (the cardinal number)
1a1) two, both, double, twice
1b) second (the ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
1d) both (a dual number)

See Greek: διάφορος · δίστομος · ζεῦγος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁנַ֫יִם‎, ‎שְׁתַּיִם‎ (Philippi^{ZMG xlix (1895), 202} Ges^{«GKC:97b»§ 97b} note):768 noun masculine and feminine dual two (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎אשנם‎ (and ‎׳‎‎שנ‎ second), Punic ‎שנם‎ Lzb³⁸⁰; Arabic ; Sabean ‎תֿני‎ Hom^{Chr 47}, Aramaic ‎תְּרֵין‎, (‎תִּנְיָנָא‎, second); Nabataean ‎תרין‎, Palmyrene feminine ‎תרתן‎, ‎תרתיא‎, Lzb³⁸⁸; Assyrian šinâ; on etymology see √, and especially Philippi^{ZMG xxxii (1878), 21-98}); —

masculine (with masculine noun) ‎שְׁנַיִם‎ Amos 3:3 +; construct ‎שְׁנֵי‎ Isa 7:16 +, suffix ‎שְׁנֵיהֶם‎ Gen 2:25 +, etc.; feminine (with feminine noun) ‎שְׁתַּיִם‎ Amos 4:8 +; construct ‎שְׁתֵּי‎ Gen 4:19, ‎וּשְׁתֵּי‎ Isa 7:21 +, etc., ‎מִשְּׁתֵֿי‎ Judg 16:28 (see GFM); suffixes see below (2 + 10 = 12, see below); Hexateuch chiefly P; — two:

1. no other number:
a. usually construct before plural noun (‎צְמִידִים‎) ‎שְׁנֵי‎ Gen 24:22 + 19 t. + 2Sam 23:20 || 1Chr 11:22 (insert ‎בְּנֵי‎ ᵐ5 Th modern, otherwise RS^{Semitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488}); (‎נָשִׁים‎) ‎שְׁתֵּי‎ Gen 4:19 + 132 t., 1Sam 10:4 insert ‎כִּכְּרוֺת‎ Klo HPS Bu Now; Lev 16:21 read dual ‎יָדָיו‎ Qr, + Judg 16:28 (see above) + ‎שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה‎ Isa 47:9 both these things; before singular noun, ‎שְׁנֵי‎ Exod 16:22 (Ges^{«GKC:134e»§ 134e}); suffix ‎שְׁנֵיתֶם‎ the two of them Gen 2:25 + 62 t., + Prov 24:22 (> their years ᵑ6 ᵑ7 De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), ‎שְׁנֵינוּ‎ Gen 31:37 + 2 t., ‎שְׁנֵיכֶם‎ Gen 27:45 ‎שְׁתֵּיהֶם‎ (masculine suffix! Ges^{«GKC:135o»§ 135o}) Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11, ‎יֵ֯הֶן‎ 1Sam 25:43; Ezek 23:13.
b. absolute (1) ‎שְׁנַ֫יִם‎ (90 t.), before plural noun Judg 11:37 + 26 t.; after plural noun 2Sam 1:1; Exod 29:1+ 21 t. (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) Gen 46:27; Num 7:17 + 11 t. Num 17 noun omitted Gen 7:2; Gen 44:27 + 26 t.; ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ distributive Gen 7:9 +; ‎׳‎‎לִשׁ‎ cut in two 2Kgs 3:25; Jer 34:18 = double amount Exod 22:3*; Exod 22:6*; Exod 22:8* (E); ‎׳‎‎פִּי שׁ‎ Deut 21:17 double portion, + ‎בְּרוּחֲךָ‎ 2Kgs 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + ‎בָּהּ‎ Zech 3:18 (2) ‎שְׁתַּ֫יִם‎ (55 t.) before plural noun 1Kgs 3:16 + 16 t.; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2Chr 24:3 + 9 t.; noun omitted, = two things Isa 51:19; Job 13:20; Prov 30:7 ‎שְׁתַּיִם‎ = twice 2Kgs 6:10; Job 40:5; Ps 62:12* (or as Prov 30:7), ‎׳‎‎בִּשׁ‎ Job 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal ‎בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ‎ 1Kgs 15:25 + 9 t., etc.; (3) as round number, ‎שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים‎ 1Kgs 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2Kgs 9:32; Isa 17:6 ‎שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ‎ Amos 4:8, ‎פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם‎ Neh 13:20, compare Jer 3:14 ‎אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָּחָה‎ = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2Kgs 6:10.

2. twelve: with noun masculine ‎שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר‎ Gen 42:13 + 87 t., ‎לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר‎ Exod 28:21 + 4 t.; with noun feminine ‎שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה‎ Exod 24:4 + 34 t., ‎שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה‎ Ezek 32:1; Ezek 32:17; Ezek 33:21 before plural noun Gen 17:20; Exod 15:27 +; after plural noun Num 7:84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun Exod 28:21 +, Gen 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, ‎יוֺם בְּיוֺם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר‎ Num 7:78, ‎בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה‎ Ezek 32:1 +, etc.

3. with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2Sam 8:5; Judg 10:3 + 56 t.; 2 + 10 (etc.) Num 1:35 (P), 2Chr 22:2 + 18 t. (Kö^{ii. 1. 215 ff.} Ges^{«GKC:97f»§ 97f}.); 200 + 2 + 30, 1Kgs 20:15 50 + 2 as ordinal 2Kgs 15:27 + 2 t.; compare 2 + 20, 1Chr 24:17.

‎תנא‎ (ᵑ7 Syriac; = Biblical Hebrew II. ‎שָׁנָה‎, ‎שְׁנַיִם‎, ‎שֵׁנִי‎).

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