Hebrew · H8147, H802

שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים

Two ; also (as ordinal) twofold · a woman

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שְׁנַיִם H8147 two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
Pronunciation šĕnayim
Dual number expressing both cardinality and ordinality; foundational to covenantal pairing and witness testimony throughout Scripture.
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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What does שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים (shetei nashim) mean in the Bible?

שְׁנַיִם · אִשָּׁה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two women/wives".

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Meaning

two women/wives
Word Origins

שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים is built from this root:

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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