Genesis 11:16:2Gen.11.16.W2PAT
אַרְבַּ֥ע
arba
“four”
- Transliteration
- ar-BA
- Extended
- ahr-BAH
- IPA
- /ʔarˈbaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- four
- French
- quatre
- Spanish
- cuatro
- Portuguese
- quatro
- German
- vier
- Russian
- четыре
- Arabic-Simplified
- أربع
- Hindi
- चार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 四
- Korean
- 사
- Indonesian
- empat
- Bengali
- চার
- Tagalog
- apat
- Swahili
- nne
- Amharic
- አራት
- Yoruba
- merin
- Igbo
- ano
- Twi
- anan
- Ewe
- ene
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אַרְ + בַּ֥ע
↓
ar + ba
↓
arba
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-BA
- phraseyour reading level
ar-BA u-she-lo-SHIM
- clause
va-ye-KHI-E-ver ar-BA u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI-E-ver ar-BA u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-YO-led ET-PA-leg
In context — Genesis 11:16
Eber lived four thirty years he fathered Peleg
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 11:16, so the Hebrew word אַרְבַּ֥ע (arba) 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 Gen.11.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.16.W2.S1) and character.