Judges 20:47:12Judg.20.47.W12TAB
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה
arbaa
“four”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-A
- Extended
- ahr-beh-AA
- IPA
- /ʔar.bāˈʕaː/
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
- clause
va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the temporal phrase arbaʿāh ḥôḏāšîm {אַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִׁים | arbaʿāh ḥôḏāšîm} “four months” indicates duration in lunar cycles. English maintains this sequential flow and the precision of the Hebrew constructs.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ב’-r-b
“lie in wait”
In context — Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwelled at the rock of Rimmon for four months .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:47:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:47, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעָ֖ה (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.20.47.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W12.S1) and character.