אַרְבַּעְתַּיִם

masculine₁₄₈ (c. noun feminine) אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) 2 Mos 21,37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע 3 Mos 11,20 +; note (Baer Gi) Jos 21,18 +6 t. Jos 21,1–200 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל); in Ord 30,18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה 1 Mos 2,10 + 125 t. + Ord 30,18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1 Sam 4,2 + 29 t., including Ezk 7,2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ezk 1,8 + 5 t. Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezk 1,10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם-, Krae), vEzk 1,16 vEzk 1,18 dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Sam 12,6, see 1 d; plural אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; — four (in Hexateuch 108 t., chiefly P, 98 t.; Ezk 52,1–200 t., Chronicles 47 t.): —

1. without other number:
\ \ a. אַרְבַּע (1) before feminine plural noun Jer 15,3; 2 Mos 25,12 (P) + 101 t., including אַמּוֺת ׳א 5 Mos 3,11 + 5 t. (but also בָּאַמָּה ׳א four (in) cubit(s) 2 Mos 26,2; 2 Mos 26,8; 2 Mos 36,9; 1 Kong 7,27 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 7,38), and מֵאוֺת ׳א = 400 1 Mos 11,13 + 55 t. (2) ׳א before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם 3 Mos 11,23, רַגְלָיו 2 Mos 25,26. (3) before collective, צאֹן ׳א 2 Mos 21,37 (E); רִבּוֺא ׳א = 40,000 Ezr 2,64 = Neh 7,66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun ׳עָרִים א Jos 19,7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct לְ ׳בִּשְׁנַת א 1 Kong 22,41; Zak 7,1; 2 Kron 3,2. — ׳קִרְיַת א, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע below (5) noun omitted Ezk 43,15b Ord 30,15; Ord 30,18 (Kt, see above), vOrd 30,21; Dan 8,8; Dan 8,22 עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל (that is רגלים = on all fours 3 Mos 11,20; 3 Mos 11,21; 3 Mos 11,27; 3 Mos 11,42.
\ \ b. אַרְבָּעָה (1) before masculine plural noun 1 Mos 2,10 (J), 1 Mos 14,9; 2 Mos 25,34 + 21 t., + חֳדָשִׁים ׳יָמִים (וְ)א Dom 19,2; 1 Sam 27,7 also פָנִים ׳א ׳א distributive Ezk 10,21. (2) late, after masculine plural noun 1 Kron 23,10. (3) noun omitted, Amos 1,3; Amos 1,6; Amos 1,9 + 15 t., .+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) 2 Mos 27,16 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 38,19 (twice in verse); also ׳בְּא, (that is יוֺם) Zak 7,1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).
\ \ c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת (1) before masculine plural noun Dom 11,40; 1 Kong 7,32 + 11 t. (not Ezk 7,2, see above), + אֲלָפִים ׳א = 4000, 1 Sam 4,2 + 14 t. (2) before collective הַבָּקָר 4 Mos 7,7. (3) noun omitted 2 Sam 21,22. (4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Ezk 1,8; Ezk 1,10 (3 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Dan 1,17 these boys, the four of them.
\ \ d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Sam 12,6 = four-fold Ges^{«GKC:97h»§ 97h} Kö^{11. l, 227}, but read שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.

2. with other number:
\ \ a. (1) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה ׳ע ׳א 1 Mos 31,41, + (as ordinal, = 14th) 1 Mos 14,5; 2 Kong 18,13v = Es 36,1; Ezk 40,1. (β) after feminine plural noun ׳ע ׳עָרִים א Jos 15,36 + 8 t., ׳ע ׳נָשִׁים א 2 Kron 13,21. (2) אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר = 14, (a) before masculine singular noun 4 Mos 17,14 (14 x 1000), Job 42,12 especially (as ordinal) יוֺם ׳ע ׳א 14th day 2 Mos 12,6; 2 Mos 12,18 + 7 t. (b) before masculine plural noun 4 Mos 29,15. (γ) after, masculine plural noun 4 Mos 29,13; 4 Mos 29,17 + 6 t. (δ) after masculine singular noun Est 9,15; Est 9,19; Est 9,21, all = 14th (ε) ׳ע ׳א predicate of נֶפֶשׁ 1 Mos 46,22. ζ ׳ע ׳א = 14th (that is, day) 3 Mos 23,15; 2 Kron 30,15 + 6 t.
\ \ b. 20 + (וְׅ 4 + singular noun 1 Kong 15,33; 1 Kron 23,4 + 13 t. 1 Kron 27,1–200 + plural noun 4 Mos 7,88 noun omitted 2 Sam 21,20 predicate || 1 Kron 20,6; Neh 7,23 4 + 20 + singular noun 4 Mos 25,9 = 24th, ׳וְא ׳יוֺם ע Hag 1,15; Hag 1,18; Zak 1,7; Neh 9,1; Dan 10,4, יוֺם omitted Hag 2,10; Hag 2,20, and (׳וְע ׳א) 1 Kron 24,18; 1 Kron 25,31.
\ \ c. other tens + 4, 1 Kron 7,7; 1 Kron 5,18 (+ singular noun), Ezr 2,15 + 7 t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה 1 Mos 11,16, + אֶלֶף 1000 4 Mos 1,27; 4 Mos 1,29; 4 Mos 2,4; 4 Mos 2,6; 4 Mos 26,25; 4 Mos 26,43. — See Kö^{ii. 1, § 106}.