Genesis 23:16:12Gen.23.16.W12PAT

אַרְבַּ֤ע

arba

four

Transliteration
ar-BA
Extended
ahr-BAA
IPA
/ʔar.ˈbaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
four
French
quatre
Spanish
cuatro
Portuguese
quatro
German
vier
Russian
четыре
Arabic-Simplified
أَرْبَعَ
Hindi
चार
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
empat
Bengali
চার
Tagalog
apat
Swahili
nne
Amharic
አራት
Yoruba
mẹrin
Igbo
anọ
Twi
anan
Ewe
ene

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אַרְ + בַּ֤ע
ar + ba
arba

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ar-BA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ar-BA me-OT

  3. clause

    ar-BA me-OT SHE-kel KE-sef o-VER la-so-KHER

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA av-ra-HAM el-ef-RON va-yish-KOL av-ra-HAM le-ef-RON et-ha-KE-sef a-SHER di-BER be-oz-NEI ve-nei-KHET ar-BA me-OT SHE-kel KE-sef o-VER la-so-KHER

In contextGenesis 23:16

Abraham listened to Ephron Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he stated in the hearing of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current with the merchant

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 23:16, so the Hebrew word אַרְבַּ֤ע (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.23.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.16.W12.S1) and character.