Lexical Definition

‎אַרְבָּעִים‎ ʼarbâʻîym (ar-baw-eem') forty ^H:N
multiple of ‎אַרְבַּע‎

-forty.

• forty

1) forty

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַרְבָּעִים‎₁₃₆ plural noun indeclinable a forty; —

1. sine num. al.:
a. usually apposition before noun, especially ‎שָׁנָה‎, ‎יוֺם‎ (singular): ‎אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה‎ Judg 3:11; 1Sam 4:18; Amos 2:10; Amos 5:25 + 29 t.;‎יוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 7:17; 1Kgs 19:8; Jonah 3:4 + 6 t.,‎יוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎לַיְלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְא‎ Gen 7:4; Gen 7:12; Exod 24:18 + 7 t.; also ‎בַּת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Kgs 7:38, ‎גָּמָל‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Kgs 8:9, ‎אַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ezek 41:2 and (‎אַמָּה‎ omitted) Ezek 46:22, but ‎בָּאַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Kgs 6:17 (v: ‎אַמָּה‎); ‎אֶלֶף‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Num 1:33; Num 2:19; Num 26:18; Josh 4:13; Judg 5:8; 2Sam 10:18; 1Kgs 5:6*; 1Chr 12:37* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:36*), 1Chr 19:18 (see also below); rarely followed by plural noun, ‎בָּנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Judg 12:14, ‎אֲדָנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Exod 26:19; Exod 26:21; Exod 36:24; Exod 36:26 (P). — (As round number Gen 7:17; Judg 3:11; Judg 5:31; Judg 8:28; 1Sam 4:18 +).
b. after plural noun, ‎׳‎‎פָּרוֺת א‎ Gen 32:16* (E), ‎׳‎‎שְׁקָלִים א‎ Neh 5:15.
c. noun omitted Gen 18:29, ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ vGen 18:29 ‎יַכֶּנּוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Deut 25:3 forty (blows) may he smite him.

2. with other numbers:
a. before unit, + singular noun:, 40 + 1‎שָׁנָה‎ 1Kgs 14:21; 1Kgs 15:10; 2Kgs 14:23 40 + 2 ‎שָׁנָה‎ 2Chr 22:20, ‎אִישׁ‎ 2Kgs 10:14, ‎עִיר‎ Num 35:6, + ‎אֶלֶף‎ Judg 12:6 40 + 5 ‎שָׁנָה‎ Josh 14:10 (JE), etc. (12 t.); + plural noun ‎יְלָדִים‎ 2Kgs 2:24 after plural noun ‎הָעַמּוּדִים‎ + 40 + 5 1Kgs 7:3 noun omitted 40 + 5 Gen 18:28, compare Ezra 2:24 = Neh 7:28.
b. after unit, 9 + 40 ‎שָׁנָה‎ Lev 25:8 (H); 1 + 40 ‎אֶלֶף‎ Num 1:41; Num 2:28, etc. (9 t. Numbers, P).
c. with hundreds, 40 ‎שָׁנָה‎ + 800 ‎שָׁנָה‎ Gen 5:18 (P); 100 + 40 ‎שָׁנָה‎ Job 42:16 + units, 7 ‎שָׁנִים‎ + 40 + 100 ‎שָׁנָה‎ Gen 47:28 (P); but (Ezra Nehemiah, mostly predicate, without noun), 900 + 40 + 5 Ezra 2:8, compare vEzra 2:25; Neh 7:62, and (‎׳‎‎א‎ without ‎וְ‎) 600, 40 + 2 Ezra 2:10, see also || Neh 7:15; Ezra 2:34 = Neh 7:36; Ezra 2:66 = Neh 7:68* (ver. omitted Baer Gi), Neh 7:13; Neh 7:29; Neh 7:44 1000, 200, 40 + 7 Ezra 2:38 = Neh 7:41 plural noun 200 + 40 + 5 Neh 7:67, plural noun 200, 40 + 2; Neh 11:13 also singular noun ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ 700, 40 + 5 Jer 52:30.

3. as ordinal, ‎שָׁנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּא‎ Deut 1:3 in the fortieth year; also ‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת הָא‎ Num 33:38; 1Chr 26:31 ‎וְאַחַת‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת א‎ 2Chr 16:13 in the forty-first year

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