Hebrew

Numeral

שתיים \ שְׁתַּיִם • ‎(sh'táyim) f ‎(prenominal form שְׁתֵּי, masculine form שניים)

1. two (2): the number between one (אַחַת) and three (שָׁלוֹשׁ).

Usage notes

• Unlike other cardinal numbers, bare שתיים is not used before a noun; rather, שְׁתֵּי ‎(shtéi, “two”) is used in that case.
• שְׁתַּיִם is a rare example of a Hebrew word with an initial consonant cluster (i.e. with a sh'va nakh on the first letter). Because of this, the שׁ is not doubled when the definite article הַ־ ‎(ha-, “the”) is added: הַשְׁתַּיִם.

See also

• דּוּ ‎(du-)

Coordinate terms

• Last: אַחַת‎ (1)
• Next: שָׁלוֹשׁ‎ (3)