2 Chronicles 13:3:72 Chr.13.3.W7TAB
אַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת
arbameot
“four hundred”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-me-OT
- Extended
- ehr-bah-meh-OHT
- IPA
- /ʔar.baʕ.meːˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- four hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ar-ba-me-OT
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-me-OT E-lef
- clause
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR ve-ya-rav-AM A-rakh im-MO mil-kha-MA bish-mo-NE me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR gi-BOR KHA-yil
Exegesis
The number phrases arba-meot and beshmone-meot {אַרְבַּע-מֵאוֹת | בְּשְׁמֹנֶה-מֵאוֹת | ʾar-bā‘-mê-ʾōṯ | bə-šmō-nê-mê-ʾōṯ} follow the Hebrew unit–multiplier pattern; while the MT literally reads “hundreds,” narrative parallels (e.g. 2 Chronicles 14:8; LXX) support rendering as hundreds of thousands to convey the intended scale.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:3
Abijah marshaled an army of four hundred thousand chosen men for battle and drew up the battle lines ; Jeroboam likewise arranged eight hundred thousand chosen warriors against him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 13:3, so the Hebrew word אַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת (arbameot) 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 2 Chr.13.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.3.W7.S1) and character.