1 Kings 19:8:101 Kgs.19.8.W10TAB
וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים
vearbaim
“and forty”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- veh-ahr-bah-IHM
- IPA
- /wə.ʔar.baˈʕiːm/
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 LAI-la
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
The idiom arbaʿim yom wə-arbaʿim laylāh {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה | ʾar-bā-ʿîm yôm wə-ar-bā-ʿîm lay-lāh} ‘forty days and forty nights’ expresses a complete period of trial.
Root and etymology
resh–bet–bet
“much/exceeding”
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (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 Kgs.19.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W10.S1) and character.