שָׁנִי42 noun [masculine] scarlet (properly coccus ilicis, which attaches itself to leaves and twigs of quercus coccifera; the dried body of female yields colouring matter; compare TristrNHB 319 PostHast. DB SCARLET M'LeanEncy. Bib. id.); — usually ׳תִּקְוַת שָׁ הַזֶּה ׳חוּט הַשּׁ [Josh 2:18] this cord of thread of scarlet, ׳הַשּׁ ׳ת v[Josh 2:21], ׳חוּט הַשּׁ [Song 4:3] (simile of lips); so ׳(הַ)שּׁ alone [Gen 38:28]; [Gen 38:30] (J), and as material of clothing [2Sam 1:24]; [Jer 4:30]; [Prov 31:21] (plural שָׁנִים; on order of ll. see Toy); plural also in simile [Isa 1:18] if your sins are like scarlet (robes); elsewhere (P) ׳תּוֺלַעַת (הַ)שּׁ (see ׳ת) of material for curtain, veil, ephod, etc., [Exod 25:4]; [Exod 26:1] + 24 t. Exodus; ׳שׁ ׳בֶּגֶד ת [Num 4:3] (see II. ׳ב 2); construct ׳שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ used in purification, [Lev 14:4]; [Lev 14:6]; [Lev 14:49]; [Lev 14:51]; [Lev 14:52]; [Num 19:6].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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