שָׁנִי

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 Tristr^{NHB 319} Post^{Hast. DB SCARLET} M'Lean^{Ency. Bib. id}.); — usually ׳תִּקְוַת שָׁ הַזֶּה ׳חוּט הַשּׁ Josh 2:18 this cord of thread of scarlet, ׳הַשּׁ ׳ת vJosh 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.