Proverbs 30:18:6Prov.30.18.W6TAB
וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה
vearbaa
“and four”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-BA-a
- Extended
- veh-ahr-BAA-ah
- IPA
- /wəʔarˈbaː.ʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and four
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ar-BA-a
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ar-ba ve-ar-BA-a
- clause
ve-ar-ba ve-ar-BA-a LO ye-da-TIM
- sentence
she-lo-SHA HE-ma nif-le-U mim-me-NI ve-ar-ba ve-ar-BA-a LO ye-da-TIM
Exegesis
This pattern repeats with ve-arba'ah {וְאַרְבָּעָה | wᵉarbāʿāh} ‘and four’ and the negated perfect clause lo yadatiym {לֹ֣א יְדַעְתִּֽים | lōʼ yᵉda‘tîm} ‘I do not know them,’ contrasting wonder with incomprehension. The Hebrew parallelism and incremental numerical sequence reinforce the poetic emphasis on human inability to fully grasp these realities.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–bet–ayin
“four”
In context — Proverbs 30:18
Three things are marvelous for me, and four I do not discern .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 30:18, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה (vearbaa) 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 Prov.30.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.18.W6.S1) and character.