2 Samuel 15:7:32 Sam.15.7.W3TAB
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
arbaim
“forty”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- ahr-baa-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔarbaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forty
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ar-ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM sha-NA
- clause
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ar-ba-IM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ar-ba-IM sha-NA va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
Exegesis
The time phrase miqqetz arbaʿim shanah {מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה | miqqeṣ arbaʿim shanâ} ‘at the end of forty years’ uses a prepositional prefix on qetz ‘end’ plus a numeral and noun; although the MT reads “forty years,” a variant tradition reads “four years,” and the translations follow that reading.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:7
And it was at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I vowed to the LORD in Hebron.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:7, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (arbaim) 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 Sam.15.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.7.W3.S1) and character.