שְׁנַ֫יִם
two
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Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
59 verses where H8147 appears in the Construct state in the Book of Exodus. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus
- Exodus 2:13 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs He went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"
- Exodus 4:9 לִ/שְׁנֵ֨י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
- Exodus 12:7 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.
- Exodus 12:22 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
- Exodus 12:23 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
- Exodus 16:22 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
- Exodus 18:3 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
- Exodus 18:6 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.
- Exodus 22:9 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֑ם שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp adj Cardinal number md For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
- Exodus 22:11 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
- Exodus 25:12 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י וּ/שְׁתֵּי֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
- Exodus 25:18 שְׁנַ֥יִם מִ/שְּׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:19 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
- Exodus 25:22 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
- Exodus 25:35 שְׁנֵ֨י שְׁנֵ֤י שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
- Exodus 26:17 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tent.
- Exodus 26:19 שְׁנֵ֨י לִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י וּ/שְׁנֵ֧י לִ/שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Exodus 26:21 שְׁנֵ֣י וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 26:23 וּ/שְׁנֵ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Two boards shall you make for the corners of the tent in the far part.
- Exodus 26:24 לִ/שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם לִ/שְׁנֵ֥י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs They shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire to the top of it to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
- Exodus 26:25 שְׁנֵ֣י וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 27:7 שְׁתֵּ֛י adj Cardinal number fd cs Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
- Exodus 28:7 שְׁתֵּ֧י שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
- Exodus 28:9 שְׁתֵּ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:11 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
- Exodus 28:12 שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs You shall put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.
- Exodus 28:14 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs and two chains of pure gold; you make them like cords shall, of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.
- Exodus 28:21 שְׁתֵּ֥ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number fd prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 28:23 שְׁתֵּ֖י שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:24 שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁתֵּ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:25 שְׁתֵּ֤י שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart of it.
- Exodus 28:26 שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 28:27 שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁתֵּי֩ adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart of it, close by the coupling of it, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
- Exodus 29:3 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
- Exodus 29:13 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Exodus 29:22 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
- Exodus 30:4 וּ/שְׁתֵּי֩ שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁנֵ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
- Exodus 31:18 שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.
- Exodus 32:15 וּ/שְׁנֵ֛י מִ/שְּׁנֵ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.
- Exodus 34:1 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first: and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
- Exodus 34:4 שְׁנֵֽי שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
- Exodus 34:29 וּ/שְׁנֵ֨י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
- Exodus 36:22 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tent this way.
- Exodus 36:24 שְׁנֵ֨י לִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י וּ/שְׁנֵ֧י לִ/שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Exodus 36:26 שְׁנֵ֣י וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 36:28 וּ/שְׁנֵ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part.
- Exodus 36:29 לִ/שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם לִ/שְׁנֵ֖י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to the top of it to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners.
- Exodus 36:30 שְׁנֵ֤י שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
- Exodus 37:3 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י וּ/שְׁתֵּי֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet; even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
- Exodus 37:7 שְׁנֵ֥י מִ/שְּׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work them, at the two ends of the mercy seat;
- Exodus 37:8 מִ/שְּׁנֵ֥י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
- Exodus 37:21 שְׁנֵ֨י שְׁנֵ֤י שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
- Exodus 37:27 וּ/שְׁתֵּי֩ שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁנֵ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
- Exodus 39:4 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.
- Exodus 39:16 שְׁתֵּי֙ וּ/שְׁתֵּ֖י שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 39:17 שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁתֵּ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 39:18 שְׁתֵּ֤י שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the front of it.
- Exodus 39:19 שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
- Exodus 39:20 שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁתֵּי֩ adj Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number fd cs They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, שנים (shᵉnayim) means “two.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Spanning 645 verses in 31 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:16. Sharing its root, it stands alongside שני, תנין and תרין. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8147 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 645
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 645 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #63
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 63 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 645 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 256 verses · 40%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 240 verses · 37%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 149 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Two 430×, Both 54×, Twelve 51×
- American Standard Version: Two 396×, Twelve 70×, Both 47×
- Berean Standard Bible: Two 342×, Twelve 57×, Both 48×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Two 393×, Two of them 51×, Two of 39×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8147 across 754 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 86 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8147 across 749 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 112 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8147 across 603 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 159 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8147 across 706 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 120 further occurrences.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. no other num.:
- a. usually cstr. before n.pl. (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Gn 24:22 + 194 times + 2 S 23:20 ‖ 1 Ch 11:22 (ins. בְּנֵי 𝔊 Th mod., otherwise RSSem. i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19 + 132 times, 1 S 10:4 ins. כִּכְּרוֹת Klo HPS Bu Now; Lv 16:21 read du. יָדָיו Qr, + Ju 16:28 (v. supr.) + שְׁתֵּי־אֵלֶּה Is 47:9 both these thing; before n.sg., שְׁנֵי Ex 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); sf. שְׁנֵיהֶם the two of them Gn 2:25 + 62 times, + Pr 24:22 (> their years 𝔖 𝔗 De al.; prob. crpt., v. Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Gn 31:37 + 2 times, שְׁנֵיכֶם †Gn 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (msf.! Ges§ 135 o) †Ru 1:19; 4:11, יהֶן—ֵ †1 S 25:43; Ez 23:13. e.g. Genesis 24:22
- b. abs. (1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 times), before n.pl. Ju 11:37 + 26 times; after n.pl. 2 S 1:1; Ex 29:1 + 21 times (usually P Chr), n.sg. (coll.) Gn 46:27 Nu 7:17 + 11 times Nu 17; n. om. Gn 7:2; 44:27 + 26 times; שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distrib. Gn 7:9 +; לִשׁ׳ cut in two †2 K 3:25; Je 34:18; = double amount †Ex 22:3, 6, 8 (E); פִּי שׁ׳ †Dt 21:17 two-thirds, + בְּרוּחֲךָ †2 K 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ †Zc 13:8; (2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 times), bef. n.pl.; 1 K 3:16 + 16 times; after n.pl. (usually P and late) 2 Ch 24:3 + 9 times; n. om., = two things †Is 51:19 Jb 13:20 Pr 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice †2 K 6:10 Jb 40:5 ψ 62:12 (or as Pr 30:7), בִּשׁ׳ Jb 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (v. De); as ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 K 15:25 + 9 times, etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 K 17:12 a few sticks (Germ. ‘ein paar’), cf. 2 K 9:32 Is 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Am 4:8, פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Ne 13:20, cf. Je 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָחָה = a small no.; Ezr 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 K 6:10. e.g. Judges 11:37
- 2. twelve: c. n.m. שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Gn 42:13 + 87 times, לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Ex 28:21 + 4 times; c. n.f. שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Ex 24:4 + 34 times, שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה †Ez 32:1, 17; 33:21; before n.pl. Gn 17:20; Ex 15:27 +; after n.pl. Nu 7:84(×2) +; before n.sg. Ex 28:21 +, Gn 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ord., בְּיוֹם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר יוֹם Nu 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ez 32:1 +, etc. e.g. Genesis 42:13
- 3. with large num.: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 S 8:5; Ju 10:3 + 56 times; 2 + 10 (etc.) Nu 1:35 (P), 2 Ch 22:2 + 18 times (Köii. 1, 215 ff. Ges§ 97 f.); 200 + 2 + 30, 1 K 20:15; 50 + 2 as ord. 2 K 15:27 + 2 times; cf. 2 + 20, 1 Ch 24:17. e.g. 2 Samuel 8:5
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
(PhilipiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note)768 n.m. et f.du. two (NH id.; Ph. אשנם (and שני second), Pun. שנם Lzb380; Arabic اِثنَانِ; Sab. תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, ܬܪܶܝܢ (תִּנְיָנָא, ܬܶܢܝܳܢܳܐ second); Nab. תרין, Palm. f. תרתן, תרתיא, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etym v. √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21–98);—m. (c. n.m.) שְׁנַיִם Am 3:3 +; cstr. שְׁנֵי Is 7:16 +, sf. שְׁנֵיהֶם Gn 2:25 +, etc.; f. (c. n.f.) שְׁתַּיִם Am 4:8 +; cstr. שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Is 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Ju 16:28 (v. GFM); sfs. v. infr. (2 + 10 = 12, v. infr.); Hex chiefly P:—two:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שני (shênîy) (H8145) — second.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁנִי
- (b. h.) scarlet; תולעת ש׳, v. תֹּולֵעָה.—Pl. שָׁנִים. Sabb. 89ᵇ (ref. to Is. I, 18) כשנים כשני מיבעי ליה וכ׳ kasshanim? it ought to read kasshani (as scarlet) &c.; Yalk. Is. 256; a. e., v. שָׁנָה II. e.g. Isaiah 1:18
שְׁנַיִם
- (b. h.) two. Ber. 8ᵃ ש׳ מקרא ואחד תרגום reading the Scriptural portion of the week twice, and the Targum once. Ib. שיעור ש׳ פתחים a distance of two gates. Zeb. V, 4, v. מַתָּנָה. Sabb. I, 1 ש׳ שהן ארבע two ways of transfer from place to place, which become four (by rabbinical addition). Ib. שְׁנֵיהֶם פטורין both of them are free. Snh. V, 3 בש׳ בחדש on the second day of the month. Ib. בש׳ שעות in the second hour of the day. Men. III, 3. Ib. 6; a. v. fr.—שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה twelve. Nidd. 69ᵇ. Ab. Zar. 3ᵇ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 182 distinct written forms H8147 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 122 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8147, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 611 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 645 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:16
- Exodus 2:13
- Leviticus 3:4
- Numbers 1:35
- Deuteronomy 1:23
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 3:16
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 1:2
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 1:14
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
