שְׁנַיִם

masculine (with masculine noun) שְׁנַיִם Amos 3,3 +; construct שְׁנֵי Es 7,16 +, suffix שְׁנֵיהֶם 1 Mos 2,25 +, etc.; feminine (with feminine noun) שְׁתַּיִם Amos 4,8 +; construct שְׁתֵּי 1 Mos 4,19, וּשְׁתֵּי Es 7,21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Dom 16,28 (see GFM); suffixes see below (2 + 10 = 12, see below); Hexateuch chiefly P; — two:

1. no other number:
\ \ a. usually construct before plural noun (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי 1 Mos 24,22 + 19 t. + 2 Sam 23,20 || 1 Kron 11,22 (insert בְּנֵי ᵐ5 Th modern, otherwise RS^{Semitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488}); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי 1 Mos 4,19 + 132 t., 1 Sam 10,4 insert כִּכְּרוֺת Klo HPS Bu Now; 3 Mos 16,21 read dual יָדָיו Qr, + Dom 16,28 (see above) + שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה Es 47,9 both these things; before singular noun, שְׁנֵי 2 Mos 16,22 (Ges^{«GKC:134e»§ 134e}); suffix שְׁנֵיתֶם the two of them 1 Mos 2,25 + 62 t., + Ord 24,22 (> their years ᵑ6 ᵑ7 De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ 1 Mos 31,37 + 2 t., שְׁנֵיכֶם 1 Mos 27,45 שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges^{«GKC:135o»§ 135o}) Rut 1,19; Rut 4,11, יֵ֯הֶן 1 Sam 25,43; Ezk 23,13.
\ \ b. absolute (1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 t.), before plural noun Dom 11,37 + 26 t.; after plural noun 2 Sam 1,1; 2 Mos 29,1+ 21 t. (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) 1 Mos 46,27; 4 Mos 7,17 + 11 t. 4 Mos 17,1–200 noun omitted 1 Mos 7,2; 1 Mos 44,27 + 26 t.; ׳שׁ ׳שׁ distributive 1 Mos 7,9 +; ׳לִשׁ cut in two 2 Kong 3,25; Jer 34,18 = double amount 2 Mos 22,3; 2 Mos 22,6; 2 Mos 22,8 (E); ׳פִּי שׁ 5 Mos 21,17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ 2 Kong 2,9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ Zak 3,18 (2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 t.) before plural noun 1 Kong 3,16 + 16 t.; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2 Kron 24,3 + 9 t.; noun omitted, = two things Es 51,19; Job 13,20; Ord 30,7 שְׁתַּיִם = twice 2 Kong 6,10; Job 40,5; Sl 62,12 (or as Ord 30,7), ׳בִּשׁ Job 33,14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 Kong 15,25 + 9 t., etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 Kong 17,12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kong 9,32; Es 17,6 שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Amos 4,8, פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Neh 13,20, compare Jer 3,14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָּחָה = a small number; Ezr 10,13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kong 6,10.

2. twelve: with noun masculine שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר 1 Mos 42,13 + 87 t., לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר 2 Mos 28,21 + 4 t.; with noun feminine שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה 2 Mos 24,4 + 34 t., שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה Ezk 32,1; Ezk 32,17; Ezk 33,21 before plural noun 1 Mos 17,20; 2 Mos 15,27 +; after plural noun 4 Mos 7,84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun 2 Mos 28,21 +, 1 Mos 14,4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, יוֺם בְּיוֺם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר 4 Mos 7,78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezk 32,1 +, etc.

3. with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 Sam 8,5; Dom 10,3 + 56 t.; 2 + 10 (etc.) 4 Mos 1,35 (P), 2 Kron 22,2 + 18 t. (Kö^{ii. 1. 215 ff.} Ges^{«GKC:97f»§ 97f}.); 200 + 2 + 30, 1 Kong 20,15 50 + 2 as ordinal 2 Kong 15,27 + 2 t.; compare 2 + 20, 1 Kron 24,17.