אַרְבַּע
ar.ba (H0702)
four
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# The Hebrew Word for Four (H0702: אַרְבַּע) The Hebrew term אַרְבַּע (transliterated as *arba*) is the standard word for the number four in biblical Hebrew. Its fundamental meaning is straightforward: it denotes the cardinal number that follows three and precedes five. The word appears 318 times throughout the Hebrew Bible, making it a relatively common numerical term in biblical texts. The frequency of this word's appearance across such a large body of biblical material suggests its importance in various contexts—from describing physical dimensions and quantities to marking temporal divisions and organizational structures. Rather than being confined to a single type of usage, the word appears distributed across narrative, legal, poetic, and prophetic literature, indicating it was a fundamental concept across all genres of biblical writing. This widespread usage reflects the practical necessity of counting and enumeration in ancient Hebrew religious, legal, and daily life contexts.
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A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.
These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening.
Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of Yahweh’s armies went out from the land of Egypt.
“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze.
You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet—two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
He cast four rings for the four corners of bronze grating, to be places for the poles.
Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
“ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth.
But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.
Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh’s Passover.
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
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