Joshua 21:11:4Josh.21.11.W4TAB
אַרְבַּ֨ע
arba
“Arba”
- Transliteration
- ar-BA
- Extended
- ar-BAA
- IPA
- /ʔarˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Arba
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-BA
- phraseyour reading level
ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK
- clause
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
Exegesis
The marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces the direct object qiryat arbāʿ {קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע | qiryat ʾarbāʿ} ‘city of Arba’.
Root and etymology
ר־ב־ע
“four”
In context — Joshua 21:11
And they gave to them the city of Arba, father of the Anak , which is Hebron in the hill country of Judah, and its pasturelands around it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word אַרְבַּ֨ע (arba) 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.21.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W4.S1) and character.