שניים

Hebrew

Hebrew numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ב׳
2
3  → 
    Cardinal: שניים (sh'náyim)
    Ordinal: שני (shení)

Etymology

Root
שׁ־נ־ה (sh-n-h)
11 terms

From Proto-Semitic *ṯin-.

Pronunciation

  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃiˈnajm/
  • (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃe.nem/, [ˈʃeː.nəm]
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃnajim/, [ʃaˈnaːjim]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃəˈnajim/, [ʃæˈnæːjim]
  • (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃeˈnæjim/
  • (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃeˈnajim/
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃeˈnajim/
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃnajim/
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃnajim/
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

שְׁנַייִם • (sh'náyimm (defective spelling שְׁנַיִם, construct שְׁנֵי (sh'néi), feminine שְׁתַּייִם (shtáyim))

  1. two

Usage notes

  • In Modern Hebrew, unlike the numbers three through ten, when the number two directly precedes the noun it modifies, the construct forms שְׁנֵי and שְׁתֵּי must be used regardless of whether the noun is definite:
    שְׁנֵי סְפָרִיםsh'néi s'farímtwo books
    שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁיםshtéi nashímtwo women
    שְׁנֵי הַסְּפָרִיםsh'néi has'farímthe two books
    שְׁתֵּי הַנָּשִׁיםshtéi hanashímthe two women
  • The construct form is not used for higher numbers ending in two, such as twenty two:
    עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם סְפָרִים'esrím ush'náyim s'farímtwenty-two books
    עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם הַסְּפָרִים'esrím ush'náyim has'farímthe twenty-two books

Inflection

Inflection of שִׁנַיִם
Base forms
Masculine שְׁנַיִם (sh'náyim)
Feminine שְׁתַּיִם (shtáyim)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
m f
1st person שְׁנֵינוּ (sh'néinu) שְׁתֵּינוּ (shtéinu)
2nd person שְׁנֵיכֶם (sh'neikhém) שְׁתֵּיכֶן (shteikhén)
3rd person שְׁנֵיהֶם (sh'neihém) שְׁתֵּיהֶן (shteihén)

Coordinate terms

See also