Lexical Definition

‎אַרְבַּע‎ ʼarbaʻ (ar-bah') four ^H:N
masculine אַרְבָּעָה ʼarbâʻâh (ar-baw-aw'); from ‎רָבַע‎

four.

• four

1) four

See Greek: τέταρτος

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Aramaic form: רְבִיעִי
I. ‎אַרְבַּע‎, ‎אַרְבָּעָה‎₃₁₆ noun masculine and feminine four (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; MI⁸ ‎ארבען‎ = 40; Phoenician ‎ארבע‎, Punic ‎ארבעת‎, four; so Assyrian arba'u (rarely irba°), irbitti; Arabic , ; Sabean ‎ארבעת‎ CIS^{iv, no. 232.2} Hom^{Chrest. 47}; Ethiopic : : Aramaic ‎אַרְבַּע‎, ‎אַרְבְּעָה‎, , ; Nabataean ‎ארבע‎, Palmyrene ‎ארבע‎, ‎ארבעא‎, Lzb³⁶⁷); —

masculine₁₄₈ (c. noun feminine) ‎אַרְבַּע‎ (absolute or construct) Exod 21:37* +; also ‎אַרְבַּ֑ע‎ Lev 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Josh 21:18 +6 t. Josh 21 (van d. H. ‎אַרְבָּ֑ל‎); in Prov 30:18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute ‎אַרְבָּעָה‎ Gen 2:10 + 125 t. + Prov 30:18 (see above); construct ‎אַרְבַּ֫עַת‎ 1Sam 4:2 + 29 t., including Ezek 7:2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix ‎אַרְבַּעְתָּם‎ Ezek 1:8 + 5 t. Ezekiel, ‎אַרְבַּעְתָּן‎ Ezek 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably ‎תָּם‎-, Krae), vEzek 1:16 vEzek 1:18 dual ‎אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם‎ 2Sam 12:6, see 1 d; plural ‎אַרְבָּעִים‎ = 40, see below; — four (in Hexateuch 108 t., chiefly P, 98 t.; Ezek 52 t., Chronicles 47 t.): —

1. without other number:
a. ‎אַרְבַּע‎ (1) before feminine plural noun Jer 15:3; Exod 25:12 (P) + 101 t., including ‎אַמּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Deut 3:11 + 5 t. (but also ‎בָּאַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ four (in) cubit(s) Exod 26:2; Exod 26:8; Exod 36:9; 1Kgs 7:27 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:38), and ‎מֵאוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ = 400 Gen 11:13 + 55 t. (2) ‎׳‎‎א‎ before dual ‎רַנְלָ֑יִם‎ Lev 11:23, ‎רַגְלָיו‎ Exod 25:26. (3) before collective, ‎צאֹן‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Exod 21:37* (E); ‎רִבּוֺא‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ = 40,000 Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun ‎׳‎‎עָרִים א‎ Josh 19:7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת א‎ 1Kgs 22:41; Zech 7:1; 2Chr 3:2. — ‎׳‎‎קִרְיַת א‎, see this, and II. ‎אַרְבַּע‎ below (5) noun omitted Ezek 43:15b Prov 30:15; Prov 30:18 (Kt, see above), vProv 30:21; Dan 8:8; Dan 8:22 ‎עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל‎ (that is ‎רגלים‎ = on all fours Lev 11:20; Lev 11:21; Lev 11:27; Lev 11:42.
b. ‎אַרְבָּעָה‎ (1) before masculine plural noun Gen 2:10 (J), Gen 14:9; Exod 25:34 + 21 t., + ‎חֳדָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎יָמִים (וְ)א‎ Judg 19:2; 1Sam 27:7 also ‎פָנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ distributive Ezek 10:21. (2) late, after masculine plural noun 1Chr 23:10. (3) noun omitted, Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9 + 15 t., .+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) Exod 27:16 (twice in verse); Exod 38:19 (twice in verse); also ‎׳‎‎בְּא‎, (that is ‎יוֺם‎) Zech 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).
c. ‎אַרְבַּ֫עַת‎ (1) before masculine plural noun Judg 11:40; 1Kgs 7:32 + 11 t. (not Ezek 7:2, see above), + ‎אֲלָפִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ = 4000, 1Sam 4:2 + 14 t. (2) before collective ‎הַבָּקָר‎ Num 7:7. (3) noun omitted 2Sam 21:22. (4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Ezek 1:8; Ezek 1:10 (3 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Dan 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
d. dual ‎אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם‎ 2Sam 12:6 = four-fold Ges^{«GKC:97h»§ 97h} Kö^{11. l, 227}, but read ‎שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם‎ ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.

2. with other number:
a. (1) ‎אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה‎ = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, ‎שָׁנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 31:41, + (as ordinal, = 14th) Gen 14:5; 2Kgs 18:13v = Isa 36:1; Ezek 40:1. (β) after feminine plural noun ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎עָרִים א‎ Josh 15:36 + 8 t., ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎נָשִׁים א‎ 2Chr 13:21. (2) ‎אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר‎ = 14, (a) before masculine singular noun Num 17:14* (14 x 1000), Job 42:12 especially (as ordinal) ‎יוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 14th day Exod 12:6; Exod 12:18 + 7 t. (b) before masculine plural noun Num 29:15. (γ) after, masculine plural noun Num 29:13; Num 29:17 + 6 t. (δ) after masculine singular noun Esth 9:15; Esth 9:19; Esth 9:21, all = 14th (ε) ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ predicate of ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ Gen 46:22. ζ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ = 14th (that is, day) Lev 23:15; 2Chr 30:15 + 6 t.
b. 20 + ‎(וְׅ‎ 4 + singular noun 1Kgs 15:33; 1Chr 23:4 + 13 t. 1Chr 27 + plural noun Num 7:88 noun omitted 2Sam 21:20 predicate || 1Chr 20:6; Neh 7:23 4 + 20 + singular noun Num 25:9 = 24th, ‎׳‎‎וְא‎ ‎׳‎‎יוֺם ע‎ Hag 1:15; Hag 1:18; Zech 1:7; Neh 9:1; Dan 10:4, ‎יוֺם‎ omitted Hag 2:10; Hag 2:20, and (‎׳‎‎וְע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎) 1Chr 24:18; 1Chr 25:31.
c. other tens + 4, 1Chr 7:7; 1Chr 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezra 2:15 + 7 t.; 4 + tens + ‎שָׁנָה‎ Gen 11:16, + ‎אֶלֶף‎ 1000 Num 1:27; Num 1:29; Num 2:4; Num 2:6; Num 26:25; Num 26:43. — See Kö^{ii. 1, § 106}.

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