1 Chronicles 19:18:111 Chr.19.18.W11TAB
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים
vearbaim
“and forty”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- veh-ahr-bah-EEM
- IPA
- /vɛʔar.baːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and forty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ar-ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef
- clause
va-NAHS a-RAM mi-lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-ya-ha-ROG da-VID me-a-RAM shiv-AT a-la-FIM RE-khev ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef ISH rag-LI
- sentence
va-NAHS a-RAM mi-lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-ya-ha-ROG da-VID me-a-RAM shiv-AT a-la-FIM RE-khev ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef ISH rag-LI ve-ET sho-FAKH sar-ha-tsa-VA he-MIT
Exegesis
The construct chain shivat alafim {שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים | šivʿat ʾalāp̄īm} ‘seven thousand’ combines with rekev {רֶכֶב | reḵēḇ} ‘chariots’ to specify a military unit, paralleled by vearbaim elef {וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף | wəʾarbāʿīm ʾelep̄} ‘and forty thousand’ with ish ragli {אִישׁ רַגְלִי | ʼîš raglî} ‘foot soldier’ for infantry.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:18
And Aram fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand chariot troops and forty thousand foot soldiers . He then put to death Shophakh, the commander of the army.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 19:18, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים (vearbaim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.19.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.18.W11.S1) and character.