H8147. shenayim

or shettayim שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנַ֫יִם,‎ (Philippi^{ZMG xlix (1895), 202} Ges^{§ 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 תרתיא תרתן,‎, Lzb³⁸⁸; Assyrian šinâ; on etymology see √, and especially Philippi^{ZMG xxxii (1878), 21-98}); — masculine (with masculine noun) שְׁנַיִם‎ Amos 3:3 +; construct שְׁנֵי‎ Isaiah 7:16 +, suffix שְׁנֵיהֶם‎ Genesis 2:25 +, etc.; feminine (with

feminine noun) שְׁתַּיִם‎ Amos 4:8 +; construct שְׁתֵּי‎ Genesis 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי‎ Isaiah 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי‎ Judges 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 Genesis 24:22 19t. + 2 Samuel 23:20 "" 1 Chronicles 11:22 (insert ᵐ5 בְּנֵי‎ Th modern, otherwise RS^{Semitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488}); (נָשִׁים‎) שְׁתֵּי‎ Genesis 4:19 132t., 1 Samuel 10:4 insert כִּכְּרוֺת‎ Klo HPS Bu Now; Leviticus 16:21 read dual יָדָיו‎ Qr, + Judges 16:28 (see above) + שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה‎ Isaiah 47:9 both these things; before singular noun, שְׁנֵי‎ Exodus 16:22 (Ges^{§ 134e}); suffix שְׁנֵיתֶם‎ the two of them Genesis 2:25 62t., + Proverbs 24:22 (> their years ᵑ7 ᵑ6‎ De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ‎ Genesis 31:37 2t., שְׁנֵיכֶם‎ 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם‎ (masculine suffix! Ges^{§ 135o}) Ruth 1:19; 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן‎ 1 Samuel 25:43; Ezekiel 23:13.

b. absolute (1) שְׁנַ֫יִם‎ (90 t.), before plural noun Judges 11:37 26t.; after plural noun 2 Samuel 1:1; Exodus 29:1+ 21 t. (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) Genesis 46:27; Numbers 7:17 11t. Numbers 17; noun omitted Genesis 7:2; 44:27 26t.; ׳שׁ ׳שׁ‎ distributive 7:9 +; ׳לִשׁ‎ cut in two 2 Kings 3:25; Jeremiah 34:18; = double amount Exodus 22:3; 22:6; 22:8 (E); שׁ ׳מִּי‎ Deuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ‎ 2 Kings 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ‎ Zechariah 3:18; -2שְׁתַּ֫יִם‎ (55 t.) before plural noun 1 Kings 3:16 16t.; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2 Chronicles 24:3 9t.; noun omitted, = two things Isaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם‎ = twice 2 Kings 6:10; Job 40:5; Psalm 62:12 (or as Proverbs 30:7), ׳בִּשׁ‎ Job 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal לְ שְׁתַּיִם בִּשְׁנַת‎ 1 Kings 15:25 9t., etc.; (3) as round number, עֵצִים שְׁנַיִם‎ 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; שָׁלשׁ שְׁתַּיִם‎ Amos 4:8, וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם מַּעַם‎ Nehemiah 13:20, compare Jeremiah 3:14 מִמִּשְׁמָּחָה וּשְׁנַיִם מֵעִיר אֶחָד‎ = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kings 6:10.

2 twelve: with

noun masculine עָשָׂר שְׁנֵים‎ Genesis 42:13 87t., עָשָׂר לִשְׁנֵי‎ Exodus 28:21 4t.; with

noun feminine עֶשְׂרֵה שְׁתֵּים‎ Exodus 24:4 34t., עֶשְׂרֵה שְׁתֵּי‎ Ezekiel 32:1, 17; 33:21; before plural noun Genesis 17:20; Exodus 15:27 +; after plural noun Numbers 7:84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun Exodus 28:21 +, Genesis 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, עָשָׂר שְׁנֵים בְּיוֺם יוֺם‎ Numbers 7:78, שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרֵה בִּשְׁתֵּי‎ Ezekiel 32:1 +, etc.

3 with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 Samuel 8:5; Judges 10:3 56t.; 2 10(etc.) Numbers 1:35 (P), 2 Chronicles 22:2 18t. (Kö^{ii. 1. 215 ff.} Ges^{§ 97f}.); 200 2+ 30, 1 Kings 20:15; 502as ordinal 2 Kings 15:27 2t.; compare 2 + 20, 1 Chronicles 24:17.