I. אַרְבַּע, 
אַרְבָּעָה 316 noun masculine and 
feminine four (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; MI
8 ארבען = 40; Phoenician 
ארבע, Punic 
ארבעת, 
four; so Assyrian 
arba’u (rarely 
irba’), 
irbitti; Arabic 
أَرْبَعً, 
أَرْبَعَةً; Sabean 
ארבעת CIS
iv, no. 232.2 Hom
Chrest. 47; Ethiopic 
አርባዕ፡ አርባዕፑ፡ Aramaic 
אַרְבַּע, 
אַרְבְּעָה, 
IfbRAf  , 
axibRAf  ; Nabataean 
ארבע, Palmyrene 
ארבע, 
ארבעא, Lzb
367); — 
masculine148 (with 
noun feminine) 
אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also 
אַרְבַּ֑ע Leviticus 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) 
Joshua 21:18 + 
6 times Joshua 21 (van d. H. 
אַרְבָּ֑ל); in 
Proverbs 30:18 read 
feminine with Qr; 
feminine (with 
noun masculine) absolute 
אַרְבָּעָה Genesis 2:10 + 
125 times + 
Proverbs 30:18 (see above); construct 
אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1 Samuel 4:2 + 
29 times, including 
Ezekiel 7:2 (but read 
masculine Kt); suffix 
אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ezekiel 1:8 + 
5 times Ezekiel, 
אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezekiel 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably 
־תָּם, Krae), 
Ezekiel 1:16; 
Ezekiel 1:18; dual 
אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם [
H706 2 Samuel 12:6], see 
1 d; plural 
אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; — 
four (in Hexateuch + 
108 times, chiefly P, + 
98 times; Ezekiel + 
52 times, Chronicles + 
47 times): — 
    1. without other number:
    a. אַרְבַּע
    b. אַרְבָּעָה
    c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת
    †(4) with suffix, after plural noun, = 
the four of them, 
Ezekiel 1:8, 
10 (
3 times in verse) + 
6 times Ezekiel; 
Daniel 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
 
    d. dual 
אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם [
H706 2 Samuel 12:6] = 
four-fold Ges
§ 97h Kö
11. l, 227, but read 
שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם 
 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
 
    2. with other number:
    a.
    (1) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14,
    (2) עָשָׂר אַרְבָּעָה = 14,
    (
α) before noun masculine singular Numberse 17:14 (
14 x 1000), Hib 42:12; especially (as ordinal) 
יוֹם ע׳ א׳ 14th day 
Exodus 12:6; 
Exodus 12:18 + 
7 times.
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