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title: שָׁנִי — scarlet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁנִי (8144), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: scarlet. BDB 1906: scarlet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁנִי

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«שָׁנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scarlet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 8144 · **BDB:** שָׁנִי

### Glosses

of.scarlet (21); the.scarlet (11); scarlet (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scarlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8144/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

scarlet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8144/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] scarlet (proposes coccus ilicis, which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of quercus coccifera; the dried body of female yields coloring matter; cf. TristrNHB 319 PostHastDB scarlet M’LeanEncy. Bib. id.);—usually שׁ׳: תִּקְוַת חוּט הַשּׁ׳ הַזֶּה Jos 2:18 this cord of thread of scarlet, ת׳ הַשּׁ׳ v 21, חוּט הַשּׁ׳ Ct 4:3 (sim. of lips); so (הַ)שּׁ׳ alone Gn 38:28, 30 (J), and as material of clothing 2 S 1:24; Je 4:30; Pr 31:21 (pl. שָׁנִים; on order of ll. v. Toy); pl. also in sim. Is 1:18 if your sins are like scarlet (robes); elsewhere (P) תּוֹלַעַת (הַ)שּׁ׳ (v. ת׳) of material for curtain, veil, ephod, etc., Ex 25:4; 26:1 + 24 times Ex; בֶּגֶד ת׳ שׁ׳ Nu 4:8 (v. ii. ב׳ 2); cstr. שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ׳ used in purif., †Lv 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Nu 19:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8144/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.4/)

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וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ וְעִזִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet and fine.linen and goat.hair(s)

*JPS 1917:* and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;

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[Exodus 35:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.6/)

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וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ וְעִזִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet and fine.linen and goat.hair(s)

*JPS 1917:* and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;

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