שָׁנִי
šānî
scarlet
Strong's H8144NounHebrewTWOT 2420a

שָׁנִי (šānî) is a Hebrew noun meaning scarlet. It appears 42 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8144).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2420a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2420a)scarlet; crimson
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁנִי noun, masculine: scarlet

Strong's H8144 שָׁנִי: crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
KJV:crimson, scarlet (thread).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2420: שׁנה šnh — Root of: שָׁנִי scarlet

See it in Scripture

Genesis 38:28Exodus 25:4Leviticus 14:4

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