Number Two Twelve

שְׁנַ֫יִם, שְׁתַּיִם (PhilipiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note)768 n.m. et f.du. two (NH id.; Ph. אשנם (and שני second), Pun. שנם Lzb380; Arabic اِثنَانِ; Sab. תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, ܬܪܶܝܢ (תִּנְיָנָא, ܬܶܢܝܳܢܳܐ second); Nab. תרין, Palm. f. תרתן, תרתיא, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etym v. √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21–98);—m. (c. n.m.) שְׁנַיִם Am 3:3 +; cstr. שְׁנֵ�� Is 7:16 +, sf. שְׁנֵיהֶם Gn 2:25 +, etc.; f. (c. n.f.) שְׁתַּיִם Am 4:8 +; cstr. שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Is 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Ju 16:28 (v. GFM); sfs. v. infr. (2 + 10 = 12, v. infr.); Hex chiefly P:—two: 1. no other num.: a. usually cstr. before n.pl. (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Gn 24:22 + 194 times + 2 S 23:20 ‖ 1 Ch 11:22 (ins. בְּנֵי 𝔊 Th mod., otherwise RSSem. i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19 + 132 times, 1 S 10:4 ins. כִּכְּרוֹת Klo HPS Bu Now; Lv 16:21 read du. יָדָיו Qr, + Ju 16:28 (v. supr.) + שְׁתֵּי־אֵלֶּה Is 47:9 both these thing; before n.sg., שְׁנֵי Ex 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); sf. שְׁנֵיהֶם the two of them Gn 2:25 + 62 times, + Pr 24:22 (> their years 𝔖 𝔗 De al.; prob. crpt., v. Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Gn 31:37 + 2 times, שְׁנֵיכֶם †Gn 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (msf.! Ges§ 135 o) †Ru 1:19; 4:11, יהֶן—ֵ †1 S 25:43; Ez 23:13. b. abs. (1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 times), before n.pl. Ju 11:37 + 26 times; after n.pl. 2 S 1:1; Ex 29:1 + 21 times (usually P Chr), n.sg. (coll.) Gn 46:27 Nu 7:17 + 11 times Nu 17; n. om. Gn 7:2; 44:27 + 26 times; שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distrib. Gn 7:9 +; לִשׁ׳ cut in two †2 K 3:25; Je 34:18; = double amount †Ex 22:3, 6, 8 (E); פִּי שׁ׳ †Dt 21:17 two-thirds, + בְּרוּחֲךָ †2 K 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ †Zc 13:8; (2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 times), bef. n.pl.; 1 K 3:16 + 16 times; after n.pl. (usually P and late) 2 Ch 24:3 + 9 times; n. om., = two things †Is 51:19 Jb 13:20 Pr 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice †2 K 6:10 Jb 40:5 ψ 62:12 (or as Pr 30:7), בִּשׁ׳ Jb 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (v. De); as ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 K 15:25 + 9 times, etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 K 17:12 a few sticks (Germ. ‘ein paar’), cf. 2 K 9:32 Is 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Am 4:8, פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Ne 13:20, cf. Je 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָחָה = a small no.; Ezr 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 K 6:10. 2. twelve: c. n.m. שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Gn 42:13 + 87 times, לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Ex 28:21 + 4 times; c. n.f. שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Ex 24:4 + 34 times, שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה †Ez 32:1, 17; 33:21; before n.pl. Gn 17:20; Ex 15:27 +; after n.pl. Nu 7:84(×2) +; before n.sg. Ex 28:21 +, Gn 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ord., בְּיוֹם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר יוֹם Nu 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ez 32:1 +, etc. 3. with large num.: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 S 8:5; Ju 10:3 + 56 times; 2 + 10 (etc.) Nu 1:35 (P), 2 Ch 22:2 + 18 times (Köii. 1, 215 ff. Ges§ 97 f.); 200 + 2 + 30, 1 K 20:15; 50 + 2 as ord. 2 K 15:27 + 2 times; cf. 2 + 20, 1 Ch 24:17.

δύο [ῠ], also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, Refs 5th c.BC+, nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε Refs: genitive and dative δυοῖν Refs 5th c.BC+-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect δουῖν Refs 6th c.BC+, etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν Refs; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; δυῶν also Doric dialect, Refs— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by Refs 8th c.BC+ and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading Refs; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο Refs 4th c.BC+: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, Refs 8th c.BC+ are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες Refs; also in Trag., δύο κριούς Refs 5th c.BC+; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας Refs 5th c.BC+; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν Refs; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἰς δύο two and two, Refs; σὺν δύο two together, Refs 8th c.BC+; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, Refs 4th c.BC+

δῠώδεκα, Ionic dialect, Epic dialect, Lyric poetry; Attic dialect δώδεκα, twelve, in all genders, Refs 8th c.BC+:—also δυόδεκο, Refs 4th c.BC+

† [תְּרֵין] n.m., תַּרְתֵּין (K§ 65, Anm. 1) f., two (so in Aramaic dialects generally (note Nab. f. תרתין over ag. Palm. תרתן Lzb 385); v. PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21 ff.; adj. according to M-A§ 89 b);—m. only cstr. in תִּרֵי עֲשַׂר twelve, after n.m. pl. Dn 4:26; Ezr 6:17; f. after n.f. pl. שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְת׳ Dn 6:1 years sixty and two; = ord., שְׁנַת תַּרְתֵּין Ezr 4:24 second year.