H702. arba

I. אַרְבָּעָה אַרְבַּע,‎₃₁₆

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 אַרְבְּעָה אַרְבַּע,‎, , ; Nabataean ארבע‎, Palmyrene ארבעא ארבע,‎, Lzb³⁶⁷); — masculine₁₄₈ (c. noun feminine) אַרְבַּע‎ (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע‎ Leviticus 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Joshua 21:18 6t. Joshua 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל‎); in Proverbs 30:18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה‎ Genesis 2:10 125t. + Proverbs 30:18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת‎ 1 Samuel 4:2 29t., including Ezekiel 7:2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם‎ 1:8 5t. Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן‎ 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם‎-, Krae), 1:16; 1:18; dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם‎ 2 Samuel 12:6, see 1d; 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 Jeremiah 15:3; Exodus 25:12 (P) + 101 t., including ׳א אַמּוֺת‎ Deuteronomy 3:11 5t. (but also ׳א בָּאַמָּה‎ four (in) cubit(s) Exodus 26:2, 8; 36:9; 1 Kings 7:27 (twice in verse); 7:38), and ׳א מֵאוֺת‎ = 400 Genesis 11:13 55t. (2) ׳א‎ before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם‎ Leviticus 11:23, רַגְלָיו‎ Exodus 25:26. (3) before collective, ׳א צאֹן‎ Exodus 21:37 (E); ׳א רִבּוֺא‎ = 40, 000 Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun א ׳עָרִים‎ Joshua 19:7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct א ׳בִּשְׁנַת לְ‎ 1 Kings 22:41; Zechariah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2. — א ׳קִרְיַת‎, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע‎ below (5) noun omitted Ezekiel 43:15b Proverbs 30:15, 18 (Kt, see above), 30:21; Daniel 8:8, 22; עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל‎ (that is רגלים‎ = on all fours Leviticus 11:20-21, 27, 42.

b. אַרְבָּעָה‎ (1) before masculine plural noun Genesis 2:10 (J), 14:9; Exodus 25:34 21t., + (וְ)א ׳יָמִים חֳדָשִׁים‎ Judges 19:2; 1 Samuel 27:7; also ׳א ׳א פָנִים‎ distributive Ezekiel 10:21. (2) late, after masculine plural noun 1 Chronicles 23:10. (3) noun omitted, Amos 1:3, 6, 9 15t., .+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) Exodus 27:16 (twice in verse); 38:19 (twice in verse); also ׳בְּא‎, (that is יוֺם‎) Zechariah 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).

c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת‎ (1) before masculine plural noun Judges 11:40; 1 Kings 7:32 11t. (not Ezekiel 7:2, see above), + ׳א אֲלָפִים‎ = 4000, 1 Samuel 4:2 14t. (2) before collective הַבָּקָר‎ Numbers 7:7. (3) noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:22. (4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Ezekiel 1:8, 10 (3 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Daniel 1:17 these boys, the four of them.

d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם‎ 2 Samuel 12:6 = four-fold Ges^{§ 97h} Kö^{11. l, 227}, but read ᵐ5 שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם‎ Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.

2 with other number:

a.-1עֶשְׂרֵה אַרְבַּע‎ = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה‎

b.20+ (וְׅ‎4+? 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Chronicles 23:4 13t. 1 Chronicles 27; + plural noun Numbers 7:88; noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:20 predicate "" 1 Chronicles 20:6; Nehemiah 7:23; 420+? Numbers 25:9; = 24th, ע ׳יוֺם ׳וְא‎ Haggai 1:15; Haggai 1:18; Zechariah 1:7; Nehemiah 9:1; Daniel 10:4, יוֺם‎ omitted Haggai 2:10, 20, and (׳א ׳וְע‎) 1 Chronicles 24:18; 25:31.

c. other tens + 4, 1 Chronicles 7:7; 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezra 2:15 7t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה‎ Genesis 11:16, + אֶלֶף‎1000 Numbers 1:27, 29; 2:4, 6; 26:25, 43. — See Kö^{ii. 1, § 106}.

רבע‎ (see Biblical Hebrew רְבִיעִי אַרְבַּע,‎, √ רבע‎).