מִ/שְּׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם

𐤌/𐤔𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌

misheneyhem

dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

H8147

Ecclesiastes 4:3 · Word #2

Lexicon H8147

Lemmaשְׁנַיִם
Lemma (Paleo)𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌
Transliterationshᵉnayim
Strong'sH8147

Morphology HR/Acmdc/Sp3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech A — Adjective — Describes a noun
Subtype c — Cardinal Number — Cardinal number
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number d — Dual — Dual (exactly two)
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H8147-17

from the two of them

Morphological NotesPreposition מִן (min, "from") + masculine construct form שְׁנֵי (dual/cardinal "two of") + 3rd person masculine plural suffix הֶם ("them"). Though "two" is dual in sense, it governs a plural pronominal suffix referring to two masculine individuals.
Rendering RationaleThe form consists of the preposition מִן ("from") prefixed to the masculine construct form שְׁנֵי ("two of"), followed by the 3rd person masculine plural suffix "them." Rendering it as "from the two of them" preserves the explicit dual sense of the root שׁני (two-ness) and accurately reflects the masculine plural pronominal suffix.

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Words from Root שני (two-ness, duality, doubling, secondness, repetition)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H8147-01 bishenayim in two (masculine dual)
H8144-01 hashani the crimson-dye
H8147-07 hashenayim the two

Word Usage (769 occurrences of H8147)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:16 שְׁנֵ֥י sheney two
Genesis 2:25 שְׁנֵי/הֶם֙ sheneyhem both of them
Genesis 3:7 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם sheneyhem both of them