Numbers 2:9:9Num.2.9.W9TAB
וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֖וֹת
vearbameot
“and four hundred”
- Transliteration
- ve-AR-ba-me-OT
- Extended
- veh-AR-bah-meh-OHT
- IPA
- /vəʔarˈba.mɛːˈʔot/
Meaning by language
- English
- and four hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AR-ba-me-OT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHE-shet-a-la-FEEM ve-AR-ba-me-OT
- clause
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ye-hu-DAH me-AT E-lef u-she-mo-NEEM E-lef ve-SHE-shet-a-la-FEEM ve-AR-ba-me-OT le-tsiv-o-TAM
- sentence
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ye-hu-DAH me-AT E-lef u-she-mo-NEEM E-lef ve-SHE-shet-a-la-FEEM ve-AR-ba-me-OT le-tsiv-o-TAM ri-sho-NAH yi-sa-U
Exegesis
A cumulative series of numeric constructs—mĕ'at 'elep {מְאַת אֶלֶף | məʾāt 'elep} ‘one hundred thousand,’ u-shmonim 'elep {וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף | ū-šəmōnîm 'elep} ‘and eighty thousand,’ wə-shēšet alāpîm {וְשֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים | wə-šēšet 'alāpîm} ‘and six thousand,’ wə-arba mē'ōṯ {וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת | wə-ʾarḇā mēʾōṯ} ‘and four hundred’—yields the total of 186,400.
Root and etymology
Rootm-ʾ-h
“hundred”
In context — Numbers 2:9
All who were numbered in the camp of Judah totaled 186,400 according to their divisions; first, they shall set out .
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:9:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 2:9, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֖וֹת (vearbameot) 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.2.9.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.9.W9.S1) and character.