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H8147שְׁנַ֫יִםshe.na.yim

twoPart of speech: Hebrew Noun

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Occurrences by book

  1. 63
  2. 113
  3. 41
  4. 87
  5. 25
  6. 26
  7. 20
  8. 9
  9. 30
  10. 21
  11. 57
  12. 42
  13. 46
  14. 30
  15. 18
  16. 23
  17. 10
  18. 5
  19. 2
  20. 8
  21. 5
  22. 4
  23. 11
  24. 11
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 36
  27. 6
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 3
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 3
  38. 12
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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769 occurrences in 646 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Judges 20:21

    And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

    שְׁנַ֨יִם she.Na.yim “two”

  2. Judges 21:10

    And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying: 'Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

    שְׁנֵים־ she.neim- “two [plus]”

  3. Ruth 1:1

    AND IT came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem in Judah went to sojourn in the field of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    וּשְׁנֵ֥י (שְׁנֵ֥י) she.Nei “[the] two”

  4. Ruth 1:2

    And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued there.

    שְׁנֵֽי־ she.nei- “[the] two”

  5. Ruth 1:3

    And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

    וּשְׁנֵ֥י (שְׁנֵ֥י) she.Nei “[the] two”

  6. Ruth 1:5

    And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

    שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם (שְׁנֵי) she.nei. “both of”מִשְּׁנֵ֥י (שְּׁנֵ֥י) she.Nei “both”

  7. Ruth 1:7

    And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

    וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (שְׁתֵּ֥י) she.Tei “[the] two”

  8. Ruth 1:8

    And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law: 'Go, return each of you to her mother's house; the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

    לִשְׁתֵּ֣י (שְׁתֵּ֣י) sh.Tei “[the] two”

  9. Ruth 1:19

    So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was astir concerning them, and the women said: 'Is this Naomi?'

    שְׁתֵּיהֶ֔ם (שְׁתֵּי) she.tei. “[the] two of”

  10. Ruth 4:11

    And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: 'We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in B

    שְׁתֵּיהֶם֙ (שְׁתֵּי) she.tei. “[the] two of”

  11. 1 Samuel 1:2

    And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

    שְׁתֵּ֣י she.Tei “two”

  12. 1 Samuel 1:3

    And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there priests unto the LORD.

    שְׁנֵ֣י she.Nei “[the] two”

  13. 1 Samuel 2:21

    So the LORD remembered Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

    וּשְׁתֵּ֣י (שְׁתֵּ֣י) she.Tei “two”

  14. 1 Samuel 2:34

    And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

    שְׁנֵ֣י she.Nei “[the] two”שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (שְׁנֵי) she.nei. “both of”

  15. 1 Samuel 3:11

    And the LORD said to Samuel: 'Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

    שְׁתֵּ֥י she.Tei “[the] two”

  16. 1 Samuel 4:4

    So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who sitteth upon the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

    שְׁנֵ֣י she.Nei “[the] two”

  17. 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

    וּשְׁנֵ֤י (שְׁנֵ֤י) she.Nei “[the] two”

  18. 1 Samuel 4:17

    And he that brought the tidings answered and said: 'Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.'

    שְׁנֵ֨י she.Nei “[the] two”

  19. 1 Samuel 5:4

    And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to hi

    וּשְׁתֵּ֣י׀ (שְׁתֵּ֣י) she.Tei “[the] two”

  20. 1 Samuel 6:7

    Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.

    וּשְׁתֵּ֤י (שְׁתֵּ֤י) she.Tei “two”

  21. 1 Samuel 6:10

    And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

    שְׁתֵּ֤י she.Tei “two”

  22. 1 Samuel 9:26

    And they arose early; and it came to pass about the break of day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying: 'Up, that I may send thee away.' And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

    שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם (שְׁנֵי) she.nei. “[the] two of”

  23. 1 Samuel 10:2

    When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the

    שְׁנֵ֨י she.Nei “two”

  24. 1 Samuel 10:4

    And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand.

    שְׁתֵּי־ she.tei- “two”

  25. 1 Samuel 11:11

    And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so th

    שְׁנַ֥יִם she.Na.yim “two”