infr. ); Hex chiefly P :— two: 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 RS Sem i. 469, 2nd ed., 488 ); ( נָשִׁים ) שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19 + 132 times, 1 S 10:4 ins. כִּכְּרוֹת Klo HPS Bu No w; Lv 16:21 read du. יָדָיו Q r, + 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 27:4
5;
שְׁתֵּיהֶם
(msf.! Ges§ 135 o) •
Ru 1:19
;
4:11
,
יהֶן
—
•1 S 25:43 Ez 23:1
3.
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 34:1
8;
=
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. D
e); 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 13:2
0,
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
.
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.,
יוֹם בְּיוֹם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר
Nu 7:78
,
בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה
Ez 32:1
+, etc.
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 (
Kö
ii. 1,
infr. infra, below. Hex Hexatuch. Th O. Thenius. RS W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites. Klo A. Klostermann.
Kö E. König, Heb. Gram.