Genesis 33:1:9Gen.33.1.W9PAT

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
أَرْبَعُ
Hindi
चार
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
empat
Bengali
চার
Tagalog
apat na
Swahili
nne
Amharic
አራት
Yoruba
mẹ́rin
Igbo
anọ
Twi
anan
Ewe
ene

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אַרְ + בַּ֥ע
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

    va-yi-SA ya-a-KOV ei-NAV va-YAR ve-hi-NEH e-SAV BA ve-im-MO ar-BA me-OT ISH

  4. sentence

    va-yi-SA ya-a-KOV ei-NAV va-YAR ve-hi-NEH e-SAV BA ve-im-MO ar-BA me-OT ISH va-ya-KHATS et-ha-ye-la-DIM al-le-A ve-al-ra-KHEL ve-AL she-TEI ha-she-fa-KHOT

In contextGenesis 33:1

lifted up Jacob his eyes saw and behold Esau coming and with him four hundred men he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two female servants

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 33:1, 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.33.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.1.W9.S1) and character.