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Strong's #702 - אַרְבָּעָה
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2744) obr (רבאה RBAh) AC: ? CO: Square AB: ?: The four sides of a square. [from: br- spread out]
V) obr (רבאה RBAh) - Square: To go down on the hands and knees in the sense of being on all fours. KJV (15): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Pual, Participle) square, foursquare, lay down, gender - Strongs: H7250 (רָבַע), H7251 (רָבַע)
Nm) obr (רבאה RBAh) - I. Squared:On the hands and knees in the sense of being on all fours. II. Quarter:As one side of a four sided square or a fourth. KJV (8): lying down, side fourth, square - Strongs: H7252 (רֶבַע), H7253 (רֶבַע)
e m) obir (ריבאה RYBAh) - Fourth: KJV (4): fourth - Strongs: H7256 (רִבֵּעַ)
gm) obfr (רובאה RWBAh) - Fourth: KJV (2): fourth - Strongs: H7255 (רֹבַע)
nm) obra (ארבאה ARBAh) - Four: [Hebrew and Aramaic; Also meaning forty when written in the plural form - miobra] KJV (144): four, fourth, forty, fortieth - Strongs: H702 (אַרְבָּעָה), H703 (אַרְבַּע), H705 (אַרְבָּעִים)
nf1 ) eobra (ארבאהה ARBAhH) - Four: KJV (316): four - Strongs: H702 (אַרְבָּעָה)
bfm) ioibr (רביאהי RBYAhY) - Fourth: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (62): fourth, foursquare - Strongs: H7243 (רְבִעִי), H7244 (רְבִיעָי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 CIS iv, no. 232.2 Hom Chrest. 47; Ethiopic : : Aramaic אַרְבַּע, אַרְבְּעָה, , ; Nabataean ארבע, Palmyrene ארבע, ארבעא, 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 Ezekiel 1:8 5t. Ezekiel , אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezekiel 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם-, Krae), Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 1:18; dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Samuel 12:6, see 1 d; plural אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; — four (in Hexateuch 108t., chiefly P, 98t.; Ezekiel 52t., Chronicles 47t.): —
1 without other number:
a.אַרְבַּע (1) before feminine plural noun Jeremiah 15:3; Exodus 25:12 (P) + 101t., including אַמּוֺת׳א Deuteronomy 3:11 5t. (but also בָּאַמָּה׳א four (in) cubit(s) Exodus 26:2,8; Exodus 36:9; 1 Kings 7:27 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:38), and מֵאוֺת׳א = 400 Genesis 11:13 55t. (2) ׳א before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם Leviticus 11:23, רַגְלָיו Exodus 25:26. (3) before collective, צאֹן׳א Exodus 21:37 (E); רִבּוֺא׳א = 40,000 Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun ׳עָרִים א Joshua 19:7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct לְ׳בִּשְׁנַת א 1 Kings 22:41; Zechariah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2. — ׳קִרְיַת א, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע below (5) noun omitted Ezekiel 43:15b Proverbs 30:15,18 (Kt, see above), Proverbs 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), Genesis 14:9; Exodus 25:34 21t., + חֳדָשִׁים׳יָמִים (וְ)א Judges 19:2; 1 Samuel 27:7; also פָנִים׳א ׳א 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); Exodus 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), + אֲלָפִים׳א = 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 (3t. in verse) + 6t. 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 שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִםᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
2 with other number:
a.-1אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה (וְׅ4#NAME? 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#NAME? Numbers 25:9; = 24th, ׳וְא׳יוֺם ע Haggai 1:15; Haggai 1:18; Zechariah 1:7; Nehemiah 9:1; Daniel 10:4, יוֺם omitted Haggai 2:10,20, and (׳וְע׳א) 1 Chronicles 24:18; 1 Chronicles 25:31. c. other tens + 4, 1 Chronicles 7:7; 1 Chronicles 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezra 2:15 7t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Genesis 11:16, + אֶלֶף1000 Numbers 1:27,29; Numbers 2:4,6; Numbers 26:25,43. — See Kö ii. 1, § 106. רבע (see Biblical Hebrew אַרְבַּע, רְבִיעִי, √ רבע).