פִּי שְׁנַיִם
The mouth (as the means of blowing ), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech ); specifically edge , portion or side ; adverbially (with preposition) according to · two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
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פֶּה H6310 the mouth (as the means of blowing ), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech ); specifically edge , portion or side ; adverbially (with preposition) according to
שְׁנַיִם H8147 two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
What does פִּי שְׁנַיִם (pi shenayim) mean in the Bible?
פֶּה · שְׁנַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a double share, twofold portion".
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Meaning
Word Origins
פִּי שְׁנַיִם is built from this root:
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.