how to say “scarlet” in Hebrew
שָׁנִי
The Modern-Hebrew color שָׁנִי is a particular shade of red, whose dye in Biblical times was drawn from a particular type of insect, תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי – the “shani” worm (today known to be an aphid). In English, we call it scarlet.
is a particular shade of red, whose dye in Biblical times was drawn from a particular type of insect, תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי – the “shani” worm (today known to be an aphid). In English, we call it scarlet.For example:
הִיא קָשְׁרָה אֶת הָאֶצְבַּע שֶׁלּוֹ בְּחוּט בְּצֶבַע שָׁנִי.
She tied his finger with a thread of the color scarlet.
And Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic The Scarlet Letter? That’s אוֹת הַשָּׁנִי in Hebrew.
in Hebrew.שני is a popular Hebrew name for females.
