Numbers 16:49:4Num.16.49.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:14
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה
arbaah
“four”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-AH
- Extended
- ar-bah-AAH
- IPA
- /ʔar.baˈʕaː/
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-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-AH a-SAR
- sentence
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM ba-ma-ge-FAH ar-ba-AH a-SAR e-LEF u-she-VA ME-ot mil-VAD ha-me-TIM al-de-VAR KO-rakh
Exegesis
The compound numeral arbaah asar elef usheva meot {אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת | ’ar·bā·‘âh ’ăsār ’e·lep̄ u·šĕ·ḇa‘ mê·’ôt} ‘four-ten-thousand and seven-hundred’ yields 14,700 by the rule (4 + 10) × 1,000 + 700.
Root and etymology
r-b-br-b-b
“much, many, great”
In context — Numbers 16:49
And those who died in the plague were 14,700 , apart from those who died over the matter of Korah .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:49:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:49, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעָ֥ה (arbaah) 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.16.49.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.49.W4.S1) and character.