שְׁ֭תַּיִם

𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌

shetayim

Two things

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

Proverbs 30:7 · Word #1

Lexicon H8147

Lemmaשְׁנַיִם
Lemma (Paleo)𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌
Transliterationshᵉnayim
Strong'sH8147
In-contextTwo things

Morphology HAcfda All morphology codes

Part of Speech A — Adjective — Describes a noun
Subtype c — Cardinal Number — Cardinal number
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number d — Dual — Dual (exactly two)
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H8147-26

two (feminine form)

Rootשנה (sh-n-h)
Core Meaningsrepetition, secondness, doubling, change
Semantic Rangetwo, both, a pair, double, second (in construct expressions), twice (in certain idioms)
Conceptual SignificanceThe number two often signifies confirmation and sufficient witness in biblical thought (e.g., two witnesses), partnership or pairing, and the idea of doubling or repetition embedded in its root concept of secondness.
Morphological NotesCardinal number, feminine form, dual in sense, absolute state. Used with feminine nouns or when the feminine form of "two" is required by agreement.
Rendering Rationaleשְׁתַּיִם is the feminine absolute form of the cardinal number "two," derived from the root conveying repetition or doubling (שנה). The rendering "two (feminine form)" preserves both the core sense of duality/doubling and the explicitly feminine grammatical form indicated by the morphology (HAcfda).

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שנה (repetition, secondness, doubling, change)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H8138-01 ashaneh I will alter
H4932-01 bamisheneh in the second-division
H8141-01 bashanah in the year-cycle
H8141-02 bashanim in the cycle-years
H8145-01 basheni in the second (one)
H8141-03 beshanah in a year-cycle
H8141-04 bishenat in the cycle-year of
H8147-03 bisheneym in two (masculine dual)
H8138-02 esheneh I will repeat
H4932-02 hamisheneh the double (the second one)
H8141-05 hashanah the cycle-year
H8141-06 hashanim the years
H8145-02 hasheni the second (one)
H8145-03 hashenit the second (feminine singular)
H8141-07 keshanah as a year
H8141-08 lashanah for the cycle-year
H4932-03 lemisheneh to a second (one)
H8141-09 leshanim for years
H8138-03 leshanot to alter/double
H8141-10 lishenat to the year-cycle of
H8141-11 lishenatayim for two years (two year-cycles)
H8147-10 lishenayim for two
H8147-12 lisheneyhem to the two of them
H8147-15 lisheteyhen to the two of them (feminine)
H8138-04 meshaneh one who alters
H8141-12 mishenat from the cycle-year of
H4932-04 misheneh a doubling
H8141-13 shanah a turning-year
H8141-14 shanayv his year-cycles
H8141-15 shaneynu our circling-years
H8144-02 shani scarlet-crimson
H8141-16 shanim revolving years
H8138-05 shaniti I repeated
H8141-17 shenat cycle-year of
H8141-18 shenatah her cycle-year
H8141-19 shenatayim two yearly cycles
H8141-20 shenato his cycle-year
H8147-23 sheneykhem the two of you
H8145-04 sheni second one
H8140-01 shenin cycle-years
H8145-05 shenit a second time
H8145-06 sheniyim second ones
H8141-21 shenot years-of
H8141-22 shenotay my recurring years
H8141-23 shenotayikhe your circling years
H8141-24 shenotayv his year-cycles
H8141-25 shenoteykha your years (cycles)
H8141-26 shenoteynu our cycle-years
H8141-27 shnh a cycle-year
H8138-06 shonim those who change
H8141-28 ukheshanim and as years (cycles)
H4932-05 umisheneh and a doubling
H4932-06 umishenehu and his second-one
H8141-29 ushenat and year-of
H8147-32 ushenayim and two
H8147-33 usheney and two-of
H8145-07 usheniyim and second ones
H8141-30 ushenot and years-of
H8141-31 ushenotam and their revolving years
H8141-32 ushenotay and my circling-years
H8141-33 ushenoteykha and your circling years
H8141-34 uvashanah and in the turning year
H8141-35 uvishenat and in the year-cycle of
H8147-41 uvishetayim and with two (feminine)
H8141-36 vashanah in the turning-year
H8147-44 vashenayim in the two
H8138-07 vayeshano and he altered him
H8145-08 vehashenit and the second one (feminine singular)
H8141-37 veshanah and a cycle-year
H8141-38 veshanim and years (cycles)
H8138-08 vishaneh and he will alter
H8141-39 vishenat in the year-of
H8141-40 vshnt in the year-of
H8132-01 yishene he will alter

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