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
- 四
- Korean
- 사
- 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
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ar-BA
- phraseyour reading level
ar-BA me-OT
- clause
ar-BA me-OT SHE-kel KE-sef o-VER la-so-KHER
- 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 context — Genesis 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.