I.
רבע
TWOT
2106
(
√ of following;
v.
[
רָבַע
], רֶ˜בַע
, רֹ˜בַע
etc., infr.
; also in ling. cogn.
)
.
I
.
אַרְבַּע
S
702, 703, 704, 706
TWOT
2106a, 2986a
GK
752, 753
,
אַרְבָּעָה
316
n.m.
et
f.
four
(
NH = B
H;
MI
8 ארבען
=
40;
Ph.
ארבע
, Pun.
ארבעת
,
four;
so Assyrian
arba˒u
(rarely
irba˒
),
irbitti;
Arabic
أَرْبَعٌ
,
أَرْبَعَةٌ
(
˒arba˓un,
˒arba˓atun
);
Sab.
ארבעת
CIS
iv, no. 232. 2
Hom
Chrest. 47; Ethiopic
˜˜˜˜, ˜˜˜˜˜
(
˒arbā˓, ˒arbā˓əbbu
) Aramaic
אַרְבַּע
,
אַרְבְּעָה
,
ܐܰܪܒܰܥ
,
ܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ
(
˒arba˓, ˒arb˓o
);
Nab.
ארבע
,
Palm.
ארבע
,
ארבעא
,
Lzb
367)
;—
m.
148 (
c.
n.f.
)
אַרְבַּע
(
abs.
vel
cstr.
)
Ex 21:37
+; also
אַרְבַּ˜ע
Lv 11:20
+; note (Baer
Gi
)
Jos 21:18
+
6 times
Jos 21
(
van d. H.
אַרְבָּ˜ע
); in
Pr 30:18
read
f.
with
Qr
;
f.
(
c.
n.m.
)
abs.
אַרְבָּעָה
Gn 2:10
+
125 times
+
Pr 30:18
(
v. supr
.);
cstr.
אַרְבַּעַת
1 S 4:2
+
29 times, incl.
Ez 7:2
(but read
m.
K
t);
sf.
אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ez 1:8 + 5 times Ez, אַרְבַּעְתָּן 1:1 0, 10 (but read prob. - תָּם , Krae ), v 1 6, 18 ; du. אַרְּבַּעְתָּ˜יִם 2 S 12: 6, v. 1 d ; pl.
אַרְבָּעִים = 40, v. infr .;— four (in Hex 108 times, chiefly P , 98 times; Ez 52 times, Ch 47 times):— 1. without other num. : a. אַרְבַּע (1) before n. fpl. Je 15:3 Ex 25:12 ( P ) + 101 times, incl. א׳ אַמֹּות Dt 3:11 + 5 times (but also • א׳ בַּאַמָּה four ( in ) cubit ( s ) Ex 26:2 , 8 ; 36:9 1 K 7:27 (×2), 38 ), and א׳ מֵאֹות = 400 Gn 11:13 + 55 times (2) א׳ bef. du. רַנְלָ˜יִם Lv 11:2 3, רַגְלָיו Ex 25:26 . • (3) bef. collective, א׳ צֹאן Ex 21:37 ( E ); א׳ רִבֹּוא = 40,000 Ezr 2:64 = Ne 7:6 6. • (4) rare and late, after n. fpl. עָרִים א׳ Jos 19:7 ( P ); after n. fs. cstr. בִּשְׁנַת א׳ לְ 1 K 22:41 Zc 7:1 2 Ch 3: 2.— קִרְיַת א׳ , v. this, and II. אַרְבַּע infr. •(5) n. om. Ez 43:15b Pr 30:1 5, 18 ( Kt , v. supr .), v 21 Dn 8: 8, 22 ; עַל־אַרְבַּ˜ע (sc. רגלים ) = on all fours Lv 11:2 0, 21 , 27 , 42 . b. אַרְבַּעַה (1) bef. n. mpl. Gn 2:10 ( J ), 14:9 Ex 25:34 + 21 times, + יָמִים
(וְ)א׳ חֳהָשִׁים
Ju 19:2 1 S 27:
7; also
א׳ א׳ פָנִים
distrib.
Ez 10:21
.
•
(2) late, after
n. mpl.
1 Ch 23:1
0. (3)
n.
om.,
Am 1:3
,
6
,
9
+
15 times,
+
(as pred. of
n. mpl.
)
•
Ex 27:16
(×2);
38:19
(×2); also
בְּא׳
, (sc.
יֹום
)
•
Zc 7:1
=
ordinal,
on the fourth
(day).
c.
אַרְבַּ˜עַת
(1) bef.
n. mpl.
Ju 11:40 1 K 7:32
+
11 times (not
Ez 7:2
,
v. supr
.),
+
א׳ אֲלָפִים
=
4000,
1 S 4:2
+
14 times
•
(2) bef.
coll.
הַבָּקָר
Nu 7:
7.
•
(3)
n.
om.
2 S 21:22
.
•
(4)
c.
sf
., after
n. pl
.,
=
the four of them
,
Ez 1:8
,
10
(×3) +
6 times Ez,
Dn 1:17
these boys, the four of them
.
d.
adv.
אַרְבַּעְתָּ˜יִם
2 S 12:6
=
2
Ges
§ 97 h Kö
ii
. 1, 227
, but read
Hom F. Hommel, Südaraische Chrestomathie . num. number.