I. אַרְבַּע,
אַרְבָּעָה 316 noun masculine and
feminine four (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; MI
8 ארבען = 40; Phoenician
ארבע, Punic
ארבעת,
four; so Assyrian
arba’u (rarely
irba’),
irbitti; Arabic
أَرْبَعً,
أَرْبَعَةً; Sabean
ארבעת CIS
iv, no. 232.2 Hom
Chrest. 47; Ethiopic
አርባዕ፡ አርባዕፑ፡ Aramaic
אַרְבַּע,
אַרְבְּעָה,
IfbRAf ,
axibRAf ; Nabataean
ארבע, Palmyrene
ארבע,
ארבעא, Lzb
367); —
masculine148 (with
noun feminine)
אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also
אַרְבַּ֑ע Leviticus 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi)
Joshua 21:18 +
6 times Joshua 21 (van d. H.
אַרְבָּ֑ל); in
Proverbs 30:18 read
feminine with Qr;
feminine (with
noun masculine) absolute
אַרְבָּעָה Genesis 2:10 +
125 times +
Proverbs 30:18 (see above); construct
אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1 Samuel 4:2 +
29 times, including
Ezekiel 7:2 (but read
masculine Kt); suffix
אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ezekiel 1:8 +
5 times Ezekiel,
אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezekiel 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably
־תָּם, Krae),
Ezekiel 1:16;
Ezekiel 1:18; dual
אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם [
H706 2 Samuel 12:6], see
1 d; plural
אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; —
four (in Hexateuch +
108 times, chiefly P, +
98 times; Ezekiel +
52 times, Chronicles +
47 times): —
1. without other number:
a. אַרְבַּע
b. אַרְבָּעָה
c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת
†(4) with suffix, after plural noun, =
the four of them,
Ezekiel 1:8,
10 (
3 times in verse) +
6 times Ezekiel;
Daniel 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
d. dual
אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם [
H706 2 Samuel 12:6] =
four-fold Ges
§ 97h Kö
11. l, 227, but read
שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם ![Greek Version of the LXX](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_g.svg)
Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
2. with other number:
a.
(1) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14,
(2) עָשָׂר אַרְבָּעָה = 14,
(
α) before noun masculine singular Numberse 17:14 (
14 x 1000), Hib 42:12; especially (as ordinal)
יוֹם ע׳ א׳ 14th day
Exodus 12:6;
Exodus 12:18 +
7 times.
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