שֵׁנִי H8145
Second (ordinal numeral); used adverbially as 'a second time'; rarely of a second story or tier.
A common ordinal numeral meaning 'second,' appearing in masculine (שֵׁנִי) and feminine (שֵׁנִית) forms throughout the Hebrew Bible. It marks sequence in time ('the second day,' 'the second year'), rank ('the second son'), and repetition ('a second time,' as in Gen 22:15 where the angel calls to Abraham again). The translations across languages consistently render it as a straightforward ordinal — Spanish 'el segundo,' French 'le deuxième,' German 'der zweite' — confirming its uniform semantic profile. One occurrence at 1 Kings 7:23 appears to reflect a homograph meaning 'lip, brim' rather than the ordinal.
1. ordinal: second — The ordinal number 'second' across all grammatical forms — definite and indefinite, masculine and feminine, with prepositions and conjunctions. Used temporally ('the second day,' Gen 7:11; 'the second year,' Gen 47:18), sequentially ('the second son,' Gen 41:52), and adverbially meaning 'a second time' or 'again' (Gen 22:15; Mal 2:13). Multilingual glosses uniformly confirm ordinal meaning: Spanish 'el segundo/la segunda,' French 'le deuxième,' German 'der zweite/dem zweiten.' 156×
AR["الثَّانِي","الثَّانِيَةِ","الثّاني","الثّانيَ","الثّانيَةِ","الثّانِيَ"]·ben["-দ্বিতীয়কে","দ্বিতীয়","দ্বিতীয়ের","সেই-দ্বিতীয়","সেই-দ্বিতীয়ে","সেই-দ্বিতীয়ের"]·DE["dem-zweiten","der-zweite","des-zweiten"]·EN["the-second"]·FR["le-deuxième"]·heb["ה-שני","ה-שנית"]·HI["दूसरा","दूसरी","दूसरे","दूसरे-का","दूस्रे"]·ID["kedua","yang kedua","yang-kedua"]·IT["il-secondo"]·jav["ingkang-kalih","ingkang-kaping-kalih","kaping-kalih","kaping-kalih,","kaping-kalih."]·KO["그-다른-쪽","그-두-번째를","그-두-번째의","그-둘째","그-둘째의","둘째","둘째에게도"]·PT["a-segunda","o-segundo","o-segundo,"]·RU["-второй","-второму","второго","второй","другого","другой","другом"]·ES["el-segundo","la-segunda"]·SW["la-pili","wa-pili","wa-pili-","ya-pili"]·TR["-ikinci","-ikincinin","-ikinciye","diğerinin","ikinci","ikincide","ikincinin"]·urd["-دوسرے","دوسری","دوسرے","دوسرے-اُس","دوسرے-کا"]
Gen 2:13, Gen 7:11, Gen 8:14, Gen 32:19, Gen 41:52, Gen 47:18, Exod 2:13, Exod 16:1, Exod 25:12, Exod 25:32, Exod 26:4, Exod 26:5 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. lip, brim, edge — A single occurrence at 1 Kings 7:23 where the form appears to denote 'lip' or 'brim' of the molten sea, likely a homograph or tagging anomaly placing it under the ordinal root rather than a separate noun. The multilingual glosses — English 'its brim,' Spanish 'borde de él,' French 'son brim' — all point to a physical edge or rim, sharply distinct from the ordinal usage. 1×
AR["شَفَتِهِ"]·ben["তার-প্রান্ত"]·DE["sein-brim"]·EN["its-brim"]·FR["son-brim"]·heb["שפת-ו"]·HI["किनारे-उसके"]·ID["tepinya"]·IT["suo-orlo"]·jav["pinggir"]·KO["그것의-가장자리까지"]·PT["borda-sua"]·RU["края-его"]·ES["borde-de-él"]·SW["pande-zote"]·TR["kenarına"]·urd["کنارے اُس کے"]
Related Senses
H5921a 1. upon, on, over (spatial) (5443×)H0413 1. directional: to, toward (5366×)H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H1121a 1. son, male offspring, descendant (4914×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)H4428 1. king, human ruler (2518×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)H6440 1. before, in front of (spatial) (1870×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H3027 1. physical hand (body part) (1596×)H1697 1. word, speech, utterance (1235×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
שֵׁנִי m. שֵׁנִית f.157 adj.num.ord. second;—בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי Ex 2:13 +, etc. (שֵׁנִי 82 times + Ne 3:30, read שֵׁנִית; read וְהַשֵּׁנִי also 1 Ch 6:13 for ושני); בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית Gn 47:18 +, etc. (שֵׁנִית 72 times + Ne 3:30 v. supr.), שִׁבְעַת יָמִים שׁ׳ Lv 13:5, 33, 54 a second heptad of days; שֵׁנִית = a second time Gn 22:15 + 16 times + (= again, of similar—not identical—act, or…