שָׁנִי

שָׁנִי₄₂ noun [masculine] scarlet (properly coccus ilicis, which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of quercus coccifera; the dried body of female yields colouring matter; compare Tristr^{NHB 319} Post^{Hast. DB SCARLET} M'Lean^{Ency. Bib. id}.); — usually ׳תִּקְוַת שָׁ הַזֶּה ׳חוּט הַשּׁ Jos 2,18 this cord of thread of scarlet, ׳הַשּׁ ׳ת vJos 2,21, ׳חוּט הַשּׁ Hoj 4,3 (simile of lips); so ׳(הַ)שּׁ alone 1 Mos 38,28; 1 Mos 38,30 (J), and as material of clothing 2 Sam 1,24; Jer 4,30; Ord 31,21 (plural שָׁנִים; on order of ll. see Toy); plural also in simile Es 1,18 if your sins are like scarlet (robes); elsewhere (P) ׳תּוֺלַעַת (הַ)שּׁ (see ׳ת) of material for curtain, veil, ephod, etc., 2 Mos 25,4; 2 Mos 26,1 + 24 t. Exodus; ׳שׁ ׳בֶּגֶד ת 4 Mos 4,3 (see II. ׳ב 2); construct ׳שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ used in purification, 3 Mos 14,4; 3 Mos 14,6; 3 Mos 14,49; 3 Mos 14,51; 3 Mos 14,52; 4 Mos 19,6.