אַרְבַּע

Biblical Aramaic

four — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

four tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַרְבַּע²: n.m. four n.fpl. n.fs. n.fpl. n.m.pl. n.m.pl. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. et f. four;— m.: bef. n.fpl. Dn 7:2, 3; n.fs. א׳ מְאָה Ezr 6:17; after n.fpl. Dn 7:6; as pred. אַרְבַּ֑ע v 17. f.: bef. n.m.pl. Dn 7:6, 17; after n.m.pl. 3:25.

Jastrow 1903

אַרְבַּע: four tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

four, v. אַרְבָּעָא I a. אַרְבְּעָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: four (6); [are] four (1); the four (1).

In the verses

Daniel 7:3 · tree →

וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃

Word for word: and four beasts great [were].coming.up from the sea [they.were].different this.[one] from this.[one]

JPS 1917: And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Daniel 7:17 · tree →

אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃

Word for word: these the beasts (the) great which they [are].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth

JPS 1917: 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 99 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 60 times there, in the forms אַרְבַּע (35); וְאַרְבַּע (21); לְאַרְבַּע (2); בְּאַרְבַּע (1); ואַרְבַּע (1).

Numbers 2:6 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְחֵילֵהּ וּמִנְיָנוֹהִי חַמְשִׁין וְאַרְבְּעָא אַלְפִין וְאַרְבַּע מְאָה

וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדָ֑יו אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ס

Word for word: and his.military group and his.enrolled [men] [were].four and fifty thousand and four hundred(s)

JPS 1917: and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty and four thousand and four hundred;

Numbers 2:8 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְחֵילֵהּ וּמִנְיָנוֹהִי חַמְשִׁין וְשַׁבְעָא אַלְפִין וְאַרְבַּע מְאָה

וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדָ֑יו שִׁבְעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

Word for word: and his.military group and his.enrolled [men] [were].seven and fifty thousand and four hundred(s)

JPS 1917: and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, fifty and seven thousand and four hundred;

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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