Genesis 18:29:9Gen.18.29.W9TAB
אַרְבָּעִ֑ים
arbaim
“forty”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- ahr-bah-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔar.baːˈʕiːm/
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
- clause
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
Exegesis
The adverb sham {שָׁם | šām} anchors the location in the threatened city, and the numeral arbaʿim {אַרְבָּעִים | ʾar-ba-ʿîm} fits into the descending numerical pattern of the broader passage.
Root and etymology
r-b-ʿresh–bet–ayin
“four, in groups of four”
In context — Genesis 18:29
And he continued speaking to Him , and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:29, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעִ֑ים (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 Gen.18.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W9.S1) and character.