Masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}; from raba'; four -- four.
see HEBREW raba'
H702. arba
I. אַרְבָּעָה אַרְבַּע,316
noun masculine and feminine four (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; MI8 ארבען = 40; Phoenician ארבע, Punic ארבעת, four; so Assyrian arba'u (rarely irba°), irbitti; Arabic , ; Sabean ארבעת CISiv, no. 232.2 HomChrest. 47; Ethiopic : : Aramaic אַרְבְּעָה אַרְבַּע,, , ; Nabataean ארבע, Palmyrene ארבעא ארבע,, Lzb367); — masculine148 (c. noun feminine) אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Leviticus 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Joshua 21:18 6t. Joshua 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל); in Proverbs 30:18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה Genesis 2:10 125t. + Proverbs 30:18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1 Samuel 4:2 29t., including Ezekiel 7:2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם 1:8 5t. Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם-, Krae), 1:16; 1:18; dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Samuel 12:6, see 1d; plural אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; — four (in Hexateuch 108 t., chiefly P, 98 t.; Ezek 52 t., Chronicles 47 t.): —
1 without other number:
a. אַרְבַּע (1) before feminine plural noun Jeremiah 15:3; Exodus 25:12 (P) + 101 t., including ׳א אַמּוֺת Deuteronomy 3:11 5t. (but also ׳א בָּאַמָּה four (in) cubit(s) Exodus 26:2, 8; 36:9; 1 Kings 7:27 (twice in verse); 7:38), and ׳א מֵאוֺת = 400 Genesis 11:13 55t. (2) ׳א before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם Leviticus 11:23, רַגְלָיו Exodus 25:26. (3) before collective, ׳א צאֹן Exodus 21:37 (E); ׳א רִבּוֺא = 40, 000 Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun א ׳עָרִים Joshua 19:7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct א ׳בִּשְׁנַת לְ 1 Kings 22:41; Zechariah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2. — א ׳קִרְיַת, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע below (5) noun omitted Ezekiel 43:15b Proverbs 30:15, 18 (Kt, see above), 30:21; Daniel 8:8, 22; עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל (that is רגלים = on all fours Leviticus 11:20-21, 27, 42.
b. אַרְבָּעָה (1) before masculine plural noun Genesis 2:10 (J), 14:9; Exodus 25:34 21t., + (וְ)א ׳יָמִים חֳדָשִׁים Judges 19:2; 1 Samuel 27:7; also ׳א ׳א פָנִים distributive Ezekiel 10:21. (2) late, after masculine plural noun 1 Chronicles 23:10. (3) noun omitted, Amos 1:3, 6, 9 15t., .+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) Exodus 27:16 (twice in verse); 38:19 (twice in verse); also ׳בְּא, (that is יוֺם) Zechariah 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).
c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת (1) before masculine plural noun Judges 11:40; 1 Kings 7:32 11t. (not Ezekiel 7:2, see above), + ׳א אֲלָפִים = 4000, 1 Samuel 4:2 14t. (2) before collective הַבָּקָר Numbers 7:7. (3) noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:22. (4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Ezekiel 1:8, 10 (3 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Daniel 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Samuel 12:6 = four-fold Ges§ 97h Kö11. l, 227, but read ᵐ5 שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
2 with other number:
a.-1עֶשְׂרֵה אַרְבַּע = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה
b.20+ (וְׅ4+? 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Chronicles 23:4 13t. 1 Chronicles 27; + plural noun Numbers 7:88; noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:20 predicate "" 1 Chronicles 20:6; Nehemiah 7:23; 420+? Numbers 25:9; = 24th, ע ׳יוֺם ׳וְא Haggai 1:15; Haggai 1:18; Zechariah 1:7; Nehemiah 9:1; Daniel 10:4, יוֺם omitted Haggai 2:10, 20, and (׳א ׳וְע) 1 Chronicles 24:18; 25:31.
c. other tens + 4, 1 Chronicles 7:7; 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezra 2:15 7t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Genesis 11:16, + אֶלֶף1000 Numbers 1:27, 29; 2:4, 6; 26:25, 43. — See Köii. 1, § 106.
רבע (see Biblical Hebrew רְבִיעִי אַרְבַּע,, √ רבע).