Midvash

שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayim

two

Pronunciation: shen-ah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8147

Meanings

1. no other number

a. both these things, the two of them (Genesis 24:22; 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22)

b. as round number (Judges 11:37; 2 Samuel 1:1; Exodus 29:1)

2. twelve (Genesis 42:13; Exodus 28:21; Exodus 24:4)

3. with larger number (2 Samuel 8:5; Judges 10:3; Numbers 1:35)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 768 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
  • Genesis 2:25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.
  • Genesis 3:7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
  • Genesis 4:19 Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.
  • Genesis 5:8 Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 5:18 When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).