Original Language Studio
Exodus 37:27
“And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8147 · Hebrew
- Definition
- two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- Derivation
- dual of H8145 (שֵׁנִי); feminine שְׁתַּיִם;
- KJV renderings
- both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- שְׁתֵּי֩ — cardinal number, feminine, dual, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 769 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:16Genesis 2:25Genesis 3:7Genesis 4:19Genesis 5:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁנַיִם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.