וְאַרְבַּ֥ע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאַרְבַּ֥ע

   ve-ar-BA

   and four
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

   ve-ar-BA mei-OT

   and four hundred
3. clause🔊 חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

   kha-mi-SHA u-shlo-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT

   five and thirty thousand and four hundred
4. sentence🔊 וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

   u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem kha-mi-SHA u-shlo-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT

   and his company and those numbered of them five and thirty thousand and four hundred

Exegesis

The predicate is a cumulative numeral: hamishah {חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה | ḥă·mîš·šāh} ‘five’ + usheloshim {וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים | ū·šəlō·šîm} ‘and thirty’ (yielding thirty-five), followed by elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ʾē·leph} ‘thousand’ and wearba meot {וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת | wə·ʾar·bā·ʿ me·ʾōṯ} ‘and four hundred.’ This order—units before tens before thousands and then hundreds—is characteristic of Hebrew numeration. In English, the copula is supplied (“were” or “totaled”) and the values are consolidated into “35,400,” preserving both precision and readability.