Judges 19:2:13Judg.19.2.W13TAB
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה
arbaa
“four”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-A
- Extended
- ehr-bah-AH
- IPA
- /ʔar.baːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- four
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ar-ba-A
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- clause
va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal clause yamîm {יָמִים | yāmîm} ‘days’ + ’arbaʿāh {אַרְבָּעָה | ’arbaʿāh} ‘four’ + ḥōdāšîm {חֳדָשִׁים | ḥōdāšîm} ‘months’ indicates duration according to lunar months in the Hebrew calendar.
In context — Judges 19:2
And his concubine acted unfaithfully against him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she remained for four months.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 19:2, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעָ֥ה (arbaa) 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 Judg.19.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.2.W13.S1) and character.