Numbers 14:33:5Num.14.33.W5TAB
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
arbaim
“forty”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- ahr-baa-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔarbaˈʔiːm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM sha-NA
- clause
u-ve-NEI-khem yih-YU ro-IM ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA ve-na-SE-u et-ze-nu-TEI-khem
- sentence
u-ve-NEI-khem yih-YU ro-IM ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA ve-na-SE-u et-ze-nu-TEI-khem ad-TOM pig-rei-KHEM ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The locative prepositional phrase ba-midbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba·mid·bār} ‘in the wilderness’ establishes the setting, and the cardinal expression arba-im shanah {אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה | ’ar·bā;’im šānāh} ‘forty years’ marks duration.
In context — Numbers 14:33
And your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will bear the burden of your unfaithfulness until your corpses are finished in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:33, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (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 Num.14.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.33.W5.S1) and character.