shani · scarlet

What it means

shani (שָׁנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scarlet”.

Crimson; thread dyed that color.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Bright red, or cloth of that color.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×26
• Leviticus×5
• Numbers×2
• Joshua×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• Proverbs×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Genesis 38:28

  While she was giving birth, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

• Genesis 38:30

  Afterward his brother came out, who had on his hand the scarlet thread; and he called his name Zerah.

• Exodus 25:4

  blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, and goats' hair;

• Exodus 26:1

  The dwelling you shall make of ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman, you shall make them.

• Exodus 26:31

  You shall make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman, it shall be made.

• Exodus 26:36

  You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer.

• Exodus 27:16

  For the gate of the courtyard there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, their pillars four and their bases four.

• Exodus 28:5

  They shall take the gold, the blue, the purple, the scarlet yarn, and the fine linen.

• Exodus 28:6

  They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

• Exodus 28:8

  And the woven band of its ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, of one piece with it: of gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen.

• Exodus 28:15

  You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled craftsman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

• Exodus 28:33

  On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, on its hem all around, and bells of gold between them all around:

• Exodus 35:6

  and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair;

• Exodus 35:23

  And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red, and fine skins, brought them.

• Exodus 35:25

  And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they brought what they had spun: the blue and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

• Exodus 35:35

  He has filled them with wisdom of heart to do all the work of the engraver, and of the designer, and of the embroiderer in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, doers of every work and devisers of designs.

• Exodus 36:8

  And all the wise of heart among those who did the work made the dwelling with ten curtains of twisted fine linen and blue and purple and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman, he made them.

• Exodus 36:35

  And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet and twisted fine linen; the work of a skilled craftsman, he made it with cherubim.

• Exodus 36:37

  And he made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet and twisted fine linen, the work of an embroiderer,

• Exodus 38:18

  And the screen of the gate of the courtyard was the work of an embroiderer, of blue and purple and scarlet and twisted fine linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in width five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard.

• Exodus 38:23

  And with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a designer, and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet and in fine linen.

• Exodus 39:1

  And from the blue and the purple and the scarlet they made woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place; and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Exodus 39:2

  And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twisted fine linen.

• Exodus 39:3

  And they hammered out the sheets of gold, and he cut them into threads to work them into the blue, and into the purple, and into the scarlet, and into the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

• Exodus 39:5

  And the woven band of its ephod that was on it was of one piece with it, of the same workmanship, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twisted fine linen, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Exodus 39:8

  And he made the breastpiece, the work of a skilled craftsman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twisted fine linen.

• Exodus 39:24

  And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet, twisted.

• Exodus 39:29

  and the sash of twisted fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Leviticus 14:4

  the priest shall command that they take for the one being purified two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

• Leviticus 14:6

  The living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.

• Leviticus 14:49

  To purify the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

• Leviticus 14:51

  He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the living water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

• Leviticus 14:52

  He shall purify the house with the blood of the bird and with the living water and with the living bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet.

• Numbers 4:8

  And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and put in its poles.

• Numbers 19:6

  And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet yarn and throw them into the midst of the burning of the cow.

• Joshua 2:18

  Look, when we come into the land, you shall tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all the house of your father.

• Joshua 2:21

  She said, “According to your words, so it is.” Then she sent them away, and they went. And she tied the cord of scarlet in the window.

• 2 Samuel 1:24

  Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with luxuries, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

• Proverbs 31:21

  She does not fear for her household because of the snow, for all her household is clothed in scarlet.

• Song of Songs 4:3

  Like a thread of scarlet are your lips, and your speech is lovely; like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.

And 2 more times.