Lexical Definition

‎תְּרֵין‎ tᵉrêyn (ter-ane') two ^A:N
(Aramaic) feminine תַּרְתֵּין tartêyn (tartane'); corresponding to ‎שְׁנַיִם‎

second, [phrase] twelve, two.

• two

1) two
1a) two (as cardinal number)
1b) second (as ordinal number)
1c) two (in combination with other numbers)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שְׁנַיִם

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֶּ֫רַח‎ proper name

1. masculine father of Abraham: (a kind of ibex (compare Assyrian turdâ—u, Arabic Nö^{ZMG xxxlii (1879), 331}, Syriac capra cauca-sica), but against this Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 167}; proper name, of divinity Jen^{ZA vi. 70}); — ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 11:25; Gen 11:26; Gen 11:27 (twice in verse); Gen 11:28; Gen 11:31; Gen 11:32 (twice in verse); Josh 24:2 ‎תָּ֑רַת‎ Gen 11:24; 1Chr 1:26 Θαρρα, ᵐ5^L Θαρα. — See Selbie^{Hast. DB TERAH.}

2. location station on Exodus Journey Num 33:27; Num 33:28 Ταραθ.

‎תִּרְחֲנָה‎ see ‎רחן‎. ‎תָּרְמָה‎, ‎תרמות‎, ‎תַּרְמִית‎ see [II. ‎רמת‎].

[‎תְּרֵין‎] noun masculine, ‎תַּרְתֵּין‎ (K^{§ 65, Anm. 1}) feminine, two (so in Aramaic dialects generally (note Nabataean feminine ‎תרתין‎ over against Palmyrene ‎תרתן‎ Lzb³⁸⁸); see Philippi^{ZMG xxxii (1878), 21 ff.}; adjective according to M^{§ 89} b); —

masculine only construct in ‎תִּרֵי עֲשַׂר‎ twelve, after noun masculine plural Dan 4:26*; Ezra 6:17 feminine after noun feminine plural ‎׳‎‎שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְת‎ Dan 6:1* years sixty and two; = ordinal, ‎שְׁנַת תַּרְתֵּין‎ Dan 4:24* second year.

[‎תְּרֵין‎], ‎תַּרְתֵּין‎ two, see ‎תנא‎. above

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