What does שְׁנַיִם · בַּת mean in the Bible?
שְׁנַיִם · בַּת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two daughters".
Hebrew · H8147, H1323
שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת
Two ; also (as ordinal) twofold · a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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שְׁנַיִם H8147 two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
Pronunciation šĕnayim
Dual number expressing both cardinality and ordinality; foundational to covenantal pairing and witness testimony throughout Scripture.
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בַּת H1323 a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
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What does שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת (shetei banot) mean in the Bible?
שְׁנַיִם · בַּת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two daughters".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8147, H1323?
H8147, H1323 is connected to 1,359 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. two daughters
Strong's H8147, H1323
Lexical occurrences 1,359 verses Source Gloss
two daughters
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain