Joshua 14:10:9Josh.14.10.W9TAB
אַרְבָּעִ֨ים
arbaim
“forty”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- ahr-baa-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔarbaˈʕim/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH
- clause
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR ve-a-TAH hi-NEH a-no-KHI ha-YOM ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM sha-NAH
Exegesis
The time span zeh arbaim vechamesh shanah {זֶה אַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה | zeh ʾarbāʿîm wəḥāmēš šānāh} functions adverbially, and meaz {מֵאָז | mēʾāz} ‘since then’ introduces a retrospective anchor: the moment YHWH spoke the word to Moses.
In context — Joshua 14:10
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as He spoke, these forty-five years since then the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am today eighty-five years old.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 14:10, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעִ֨ים (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 Josh.14.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.10.W9.S1) and character.