Genesis 7:12:4Gen.7.12.W4PAT
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
arbaim
“forty”
- Transliteration
- ar-ba-IM
- Extended
- ahr-bah-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔar.baː.ˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- forty
- French
- quarante
- Spanish
- cuarenta
- Portuguese
- quarenta
- German
- vierzig
- Russian
- сорок
- Arabic-Simplified
- أربعين
- Hindi
- चालीस
- Chinese-Simplified
- 四十
- Korean
- 사십
- Indonesian
- empat puluh
- Bengali
- চল্লিশ
- Tagalog
- apatnapu
- Swahili
- arobaini
- Amharic
- አርባ
- Yoruba
- ogójì
- Igbo
- iri anọ
- Twi
- aduanan
- Ewe
- blaene
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אַרְ + בָּ + עִ֣ים
↓
ar + ba + im
↓
arbaim
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM YOM
- clause
ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la
In context — Genesis 7:12
the rain {And} fell upon the land forty days and forty nights
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 7:12, so the Hebrew word אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (arbaim) 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.7.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.12.W4.S1) and character.